BUSINESS
The e-Shram portal holds valuable data on unorganised workers. Use it in policymaking and safety nets for internal migrants
The e-Shram portal is shaping up as a national database of unorganised workers. At the aggregated level it can help in policy making and at the individual level in ensuring direct targeting of insurance and assistance schemes. Ensuring there is no exclusion and keeping the data secure and updated is key
POLITICS
Learn from social media scare: Address stigmatisation of migrant workers in Tamil Nadu, and elsewhere
While Tamil Nadu and Bihar governments took quick steps to counter viral videos that scared migrant workers, governments have much work to do to address the brutal “othering” of migrant workers, which have underlying political and economic motives
