Vol. III
Issue: 2
Journal of Migration Affairs
March 2021
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Slums, Migrant Workers, and COVID-19 in Mumbai
The COVID-19 health crisis in India has exposed the gruesome reality of urban India and uncovered the underbelly of the entire process of urbanisation. It also unfolded obscured narrations about the status of migrant workers in India.
READ MOREEconomic Implications of Reverse Migration in India
The COVID-19 pandemic has been negatively impacting the entire world economy unprecedentedly, and India is no exception. To prevent the spread of COVID-19, the Government of India declared a nationwide lockdown on March 24, 2020.
READ MORECommunalising the Socio-Political Space and/amidst the Pandemic
The politics of pathological religious hatred pursued by India’s majoritarian governing party and its myriad affiliates can hardly be overlooked, especially in the context of how it manifested in the Indian government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The Governing Logic of the Gated Enclaves during COVID-19: For Whom?
Rapheeja Bibi (38), a native of Cooch Behar in West Bengal, arrived with her husband Aslam (41) in the National Capital Region in 2013. After several changes of jobs and residences within the region, she reached Noida in 2015 to seek help from her maternal uncle, a mason in a busy neighbourhood of Noida; the ongoing construction work at the numerous big construction sites in this neighbourhood provided higher chances of employment to informal labourers.
READ MORESocial Distancing Between the State and the Migrant in India: A Citizenship Perspective
On 25 March 2020, India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, imposed the world’s severest lockdown in a bid to stem the threat of Covid-19.1 The stringent lockdown triggered a mass exodus from cities across India, with panic-stricken migrant workers desperately trying to get back to their homes in villages.
READ MOREPerspectives on Return Migration and Rural Society during COVID-19 in Bhojpur District in Bihar
At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in India, the government announced a nationwide lockdown on 24 March 2020 to control the spread of the virus which resulted in the closure of factories, shops, malls, and other enterprises, leading to loss of jobs and livelihood for millions of labourers.
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