A survey of 11,159 migrant workers stranded in various States found that between April 8 and April 13, more than 90% did not receive rations from the government. Close to 90% of those surveyed did not get paid by their employers. From March 27 to April 13, 70% of the surveyed workers had only less than ₹200 left with them.
The survey was conducted by the Stranded Workers Action Network (SWAN).
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Low on food and money
The chart shows the % of migrant workers who did not receive rations or cooked food from the government/ other sources, and were not paid by employers, between April 8 and April 13. While in this period, the % of workers who received cooked food from the government/ other sources improved marginally, most of them did not receive rations from the government or wages from their employers.
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Depleting stocks
The chart plots the % of migrant workers who had less than one day of rations left.
Fast exhausting rations
As a high share of migrants workers received neither rations nor cooked food from the government/NGOs, and were not paid their salaries, the share of workers having less than one day of rations left increased steadily.
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Worst hit States
The following points list the % of migrant workers left without essential items such as rations and cooked food, and the % of those who had less than ₹200 to survive, between March 27 and April 13. Workers stranded in Uttar Pradesh were among the worst affected.
Left without rations
96% workers surveyed across India said they did not get rations from the government.
- In Uttar Pradesh, 100% of the migrant workers did not receive rations
- In Maharashtra, 99% of them did not receive rations.
- In Karnataka, 93% of them did not receive rations.
Without cooked food
70% workers surveyed across India said they did not get cooked food from the government or local organisations.
- In Uttar Pradesh, 64% migrant workers did not receive cooked food.
- In Karnataka, 80% did not receive cooked food; in Maharashtra, it was 58%; and in Delhi and Haryana it was 66%.
State of existing rations
70% workers surveyed across India said existing rations would last them only for two days.
- In Uttar Pradesh, 100% of the migrant workers said that rations would last them only for 2 days.
- In Maharashtra, 90% said the same.
- In Delhi and Haryana, 82% said the same.
State of finances
70% workers surveyed across India said they had less than ₹200 to survive during the lockdown.
- In Uttar Pradesh, 87% of the migrant workers had less than ₹200.
- In Haryana, 76% had less than ₹300
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