Lok Sabha Question No. 174 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-14
Subject: Migrant Workers returning to Hometown
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Kani K. Navas, Balubhau (Alias Suresh Narayan) Dhanorkar, Adoor Prakash

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 174 TO BE ANSWERED ON 14.09.2020

MIGRANT WORKERS RETURNING TO HOMETOWN

174. SHRI K. NAVASKANI:

SHRI BALUBHAU ALIAS SURESH NARAYAN DHANORKAR: ADV. ADOOR PRAKASH:

Will the Minister of LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT be pleased to state:

- (a)whether the Government has the data of migrant workers who returned to their own states from various states during the national lock down period and if so, the details thereof, State-wise;
- (b)whether the Government is aware that a number of migrant workers lost lives  during  their  return  to  the  hometown  and  if  so,  the  details  of  the same, State-wise;
- (c)whether the Government has provided any compensation/economic assistance to the victim's family and if so, the details thereof;
- (d)whether the Government has done any assessment of the job loss among migrant workers due to the COVID-19 crisis and if so, the details thereof;
- (e)whether  the  mostly  migrant  workers  returned  to  their  home  by  walking due to no arrangements by the Union Government in time; and
- (f)if so, the details thereof and reasons therefor? ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (IC) FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR)

- (a): A statement is enclosed.
- (b): No such data is maintained.
- (c): Question does not arise in view of (b) above.
- (d): No such data is maintained.

(e) & (f): The  Indian  Railway  has  operated  more  than  4611  Shramik  Special Trains for convenience of the workers. More than 63.07 lakh migrant workers have been  shifted  to  various  destinations  located  in  Uttar  Pradesh,  Bihar,  Jharkhand, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh and other States. Food and water was also provided free of cost to the workers during their journey.

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## Statement referred to Part (a) of Lok Sabha USQ NO. 174 due for reply on 14.09.2020

| S.No.   | Name of the State                  | No. of Migrant workers who have returned to their home state*   |
|---------|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh                     | 32571                                                           |
| 2       | Andaman and Nicobar                | -                                                               |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh                  | 2871                                                            |
| 4       | Assam                              | 426441                                                          |
| 5       | Bihar                              | 1500612                                                         |
| 6       | Chandigarh                         | -                                                               |
| 7       | Chhattisgarh                       | -                                                               |
| 8       | Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu | 43747                                                           |
| 9       | Delhi                              | -                                                               |
| 10      | Goa                                | -                                                               |
| 11      | Gujrat                             | -                                                               |
| 12      | Haryana                            | 1289                                                            |
| 13      | Himachal Pradesh                   | -                                                               |
| 14      | Jammu &Kashmir                     | 48780                                                           |
| 15      | Jharkhand                          | 530047                                                          |
| 16      | Karnataka                          | -                                                               |
| 17      | Kerala                             | 311124                                                          |
| 18      | Ladakh                             | 50                                                              |
| 19      | Lakshadweep                        | 456                                                             |
| 20      | Madhya Pradesh                     | 753581                                                          |
| 21      | Maharashtra                        | 182990                                                          |
| 22      | Manipur                            | 12338                                                           |
| 23      | Meghalaya                          | 4266                                                            |
| 24      | Mizoram                            | -                                                               |
| 25      | Nagaland                           | 11750                                                           |
| 26      | Odisha                             | -                                                               |
| 27      | Pondicherry                        | 1694                                                            |
| 28      | Punjab                             | 515642                                                          |
| 29      | Rajasthan                          | 1308130                                                         |
| 30      | Sikkim                             | -                                                               |
| 31      | Tamil Nadu                         | 72145                                                           |
| 32      | Telangana                          | 37050                                                           |
| 33      | Tripura                            | 34247                                                           |
| 34      | Uattar Pradesh                     | 3249638                                                         |
| 35      | Uttarakhand                        | -                                                               |
| 36      | West Bengal                        | 1384693                                                         |
|         | Total                              | 10466152                                                        |

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