Current Situation Of India
The situation of the Migrant workers or daily wage workers going to be worse day by day and with covid-19 they are fighting difficult battles for their survival i.e. food and water. Either they will die with covid-19 or of starving.
The government have started Shramik Express to help those stranded people who want to return to their homes but due to lack of coordination between the state government and the railways, workers are suffering. Due to no proper timing or delay, wrong information provided or somewhere routes are changed; migrant workers are facing so many difficulties.
And many of them have started their journey to their native places on foot. While government announced Vande Bharat mission for Indians who stranded overseas, many of the migrant workers walk back to their native places. The only way they have left with walking, bicycles, or hatching rides with no food or water under scorching sun.
It’s not only the migrant workers who are facing the burnt of lockdown, but middle class with meager income are badly hit too. Due to this pandemic, most of them lost their jobs who were in corporate sectors and getting half salary. And those working as consultants/in the gig economy along with small businesses/non-essential shops have been hit badly.
Most families across the country are grappling with a sudden loss of income due to which they face difficulties for paying rents, expenses on groceries. school fees, electricity bills. And many of them have already withdrawn their PF to fulfill their necessities
As this is the time for the cutting and sowing new crops and fruits. Many farmers are facing difficulties due to lack of workers as a result of curfew, lockdown.
These workers are responsible for harvesting, collection of stubble, storage, and transporting them to mandis. Even in mandis these workers are the ones who clean the grains and fruits before it sold.
Domestic workers like guards and maids are now being challenged with increased poverty and financial challenges. Many domestic workers are abandoned by their employers in the time of crisis, denied full payments for the month of march, and not even bothering to pay them for the coming months.
As there are no law and rights to protect domestic workers, this pandemic gives us a call that we need a law for one of the most important of our society.
Covid-19 affects various sectors like automotive, entertainment industry, tourism industry, pharmaceutical industry, media industry, to the education industry, IT industry, art industry, construction, business, and transport industry. With their potential losses and prediction in the near future, it would take time for them to come on track.