Abstract: The internal migrant workers in India are the silent contributors to the national economy, despite being highly vulnerable have remained the backbone of Indian economy by contributing to nearly 80% of the total workforce. The outbreak of COVID-19 and sudden declaration of lockdown in phases to curtail the spread of the virus has pushed the migrant workers into most precarious situation. The immediate challenges faced by these migrants were related to food, shelter, health, fear of getting infected, and loss of wages. The rise of fatality rate of disease has created more anxiety among the migrants staying miles away from their near and dear. As a result the nation has witnessed mass exodus, where men, women, and children were seen returning to their native places bare footed, thousands of them started fleeing from various cities to their native places. Many were forced to walk hundreds of miles........
Key Word: Covid-19, Pandemic, Social Distancing, Quarantine, Migrant-workers, Stranded Migrants, Reverse-Migration, Legal Frame work, Lockdown
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