Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs calls for database on migrants
Part of: GS Prelims and Mains II – Social and Welfare schemes; Parliamentary Committees
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Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs advised the government to set up a national database of migrant workers so that they don’t fall out of the social security cover.
The Committee observed that better coordination between States and districts could have prevented the massive exodus of migrant workers.
According to the Committee, lessons should be learnt from the COVID19 pandemic which saw unprecedented reverse migration.