By Chitra, Priyansha and the IMN team The Prime Minister on last Monday announced that starting June 21, 2021 the Indian government will revert to centralised procurement of vaccines, in addition to free vaccination to the age group between 18–44 years. Earlier, the onus of both procurement and administration for…

by Annesha, Kanika and the IMN Team A Global Trends Report by UNHCR reveals that 1 in every 97 people are displaced, about 1% of humanity is either a refugee, asylum seeker or internally displaced person, 80% live in developing countries, many in camps that lack basic social and health…

When the lockdown in India was announced on 24 March 2020, it brought the massive, once-thriving, and crucial overseas recruitment industry to a standstill. International movement stopped completely, existing candidatures were frozen, and migrant workers across the world (especially in the Gulf) were desperate to come home. In the weeks…

by Chitra, Annesha, and the IMN Team The Indian Himalayan Region. Source: National Mission on Himalayan Studies (NMHS) Census of India 2011 places the total population of the IHR to approximately 46 million. The Himalayan ranges are marked by heterogeneous caste groups, ethnic groups, tribal and indigenous communities spread across…

by Aditi Premkumar, Meghana Myadam and the IMN Team In what may come as a huge sigh of relief to migrant workers stranded in different parts of the country, India’s blueprint for Unlock 1.0 promises the gradual opening up of borders and unfettering of interstate movement. This means scores of…

Dear readers, Since the outbreak of COVID 19 was declared a pandemic in March, international migrants have been a crucial category vulnerable to more than just the disease. While widespread lockdowns and social distancing brought the world economy to a halt, international migrants, far from home, faced the worst brunt of job…

Dear readers, The present crisis has highlighted the exclusionary nature of public policies, and inadequacies within the urban economy keeping migrants on the fringes of destination societies — exemplified by the wave of migrants moving back to their home states. …

By Chitra Rawat and Priyansha Singh Growth in a country’s construction industry is typically a sign of overall urbanisation and modernisation. India’s construction industry, along with other key components of the industrial sector, has seen unprecedented growth in the 21st Century. The construction sector has been drastically affected by the…

Dear readers, The past month has been unprecedentedly nightmarish for migrant workers and their households all over India and abroad. As the level of distress spread with the extension of the lockdown, all the fault lines in our welfare system and labour markets have been exacerbated and laid bare. Overnight…