Name: Anita Moudgil
Country: India

Year: 2022
Volume: Volume-7, Issue-1 (January-June)
Page Number: 24-30

The Pandemic, Covid-2019 has posed severe threat to human lives across the globe. The socio- economic impact of this deadly virus seems to be serious and is difficult to quantify. It has shown its negative impact on all macroeconomic activities across all the sectors and sub-sectors. The vulnerable sections of Indian economy like migrant labourer have been badly affected, not only in economic terms but socially, morally and emotionally as well. Since 1991, Indian economy has been experiencing rapid growth among the inter-state migrants, it was 27.3 millions in 1991,42.3 millions in 2001 and 56.3 millions in 2011(census 2011). The immediate impact of Covid-2019 on migrant labourers is visible as all have been uprooted and displaced with future uncertainty. The present paper aims to study the impact of covid-19 on migrant labourers (unskilled, semi- skilled, skilled) and their movements out of Haryana during Covid -2019 lockdown. Haryana is among the top five States in case of migrants. There is an urgent need to deal with this displacement effect of Covid-2019 and design strong policies for the welfare of migrant labourers in Haryana which will help to mitigate the demand supply gaps of labor in Haryana.
Keywords: Covid-2019, Migrant labourers, Haryana, Labour shortage, labour welfare