Migration often improvises the standard of living of people in World. Our own land Odisha (South Odisha) is one of the benificary of the migration. We have been witness in last many years to rapid labour migrations in several rural blocks of Ganjam district, though no surveys were made in recent years to specify the labour migration rates of Ganjam, said the District Labour Commissioner of Ganjam Dipti Ranjan Mohanty.
Basically people are migrated through contractors or via slue motto migration, in which labourers are migrated with the help of contractors or in a distinctive manner respectively. Maximum 15 contractors has been given licenses in the year 2011. 1000 – 1500 labourers are migrated via contractors, where as 50- 60 % labourers are migrated by their own.
According to him, the survey made on 1988, the major migration prone areas are Kodala, Khalikote, Polsara, Digapahandi, Patrapur, Chikiti, Sorada and Buguda in Ganjam.
"As identified in the labour laws, Regulation of employment and condition of service Act 1979 is focused on the welfare and security of the labourers," he explained. He added that it is very difficult to record all the names and addresses of migrant workers as there are many exit points in Ganjam.
He has also argued that through initiatives are designed to discourage distress migration- like the Mahatma Gandhi National rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) – they are not having the desired impact, as labourers can be employed only for the period of 100 days and again seasonal unemployment prevails.
As every matter has its own merits and demerits, it is observed that illegal drafting of labourers occurs. But it can be controlled, as the State Government making action plans to create more job opportunities in the state. He observed that migration often support many workers to access better housing and education for children. Consequently it improvises the standard of living of the labourers as it is already shown that migrants doing good living in Sudan and sending Rs. 15,000 to their families living here and this is a good sign for development in their own native place.
Basically people are migrated through contractors or via slue motto migration, in which labourers are migrated with the help of contractors or in a distinctive manner respectively. Maximum 15 contractors has been given licenses in the year 2011. 1000 – 1500 labourers are migrated via contractors, where as 50- 60 % labourers are migrated by their own.
According to him, the survey made on 1988, the major migration prone areas are Kodala, Khalikote, Polsara, Digapahandi, Patrapur, Chikiti, Sorada and Buguda in Ganjam.
"As identified in the labour laws, Regulation of employment and condition of service Act 1979 is focused on the welfare and security of the labourers," he explained. He added that it is very difficult to record all the names and addresses of migrant workers as there are many exit points in Ganjam.
He has also argued that through initiatives are designed to discourage distress migration- like the Mahatma Gandhi National rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) – they are not having the desired impact, as labourers can be employed only for the period of 100 days and again seasonal unemployment prevails.
As every matter has its own merits and demerits, it is observed that illegal drafting of labourers occurs. But it can be controlled, as the State Government making action plans to create more job opportunities in the state. He observed that migration often support many workers to access better housing and education for children. Consequently it improvises the standard of living of the labourers as it is already shown that migrants doing good living in Sudan and sending Rs. 15,000 to their families living here and this is a good sign for development in their own native place.
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