Solving the Migration Data Puzzle

By: Gurucharan Gollerkeri

The Context: The Question The states are the theatres of development action in India. The key sectors that drive human development: agriculture, industry, education, health, labour, and public order are with some caveats, the responsibility of the states. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought to the fore the migrant worker crisis across major states in India. The extent of the crisis was difficult to assess in the absence of data on the scale and sectoral composition of the migrant work force…