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ARTICLE

WORKFORCE

MIGRATION -

OPPORTUNITIES

FOR UTTAR

PRADESH

W orkforce migration is universal except on the front of rising cases of corona infection though

phenomenon related with evolution of the
its pace has been reduced despite increased daily corona
infection medical tests. This reverse migration has adversely
community living and human civilization in
pursuit of biological, physiological, safety,
social, economic and developmental needs. The current impacted their employment opportunities and income levels
in the existing economic framework.
phase of corona pandemic induced lockdown has seen the
reverse migration in favour of safety and physiological needs. Despite all these immediate concerns, this work force has
brought with it the reservoir of experience, skill and
This migration is basically related to unskilled and semi-skilled
workforce, which has acquired experience, skill and entrepreneurship, which can be commercially exploited for
economic development of the state and the country. During
entrepreneurship over a period of time.
the last three years, various infrastructural and
Uttar Pradesh has projected such reverse migration close developmental projects have been launched in Uttar Pradesh
for faster economic development, which can be grouped in
to fifty lack workforce, which has created immediate
challenges in the form of logistic management, quarantine four categories:
I - Irrigation Projects
and medical facilities coupled with arrangement for food
grains and direct benefit cash transfer. This phase on II - Expressway Projects
challenge is getting normalised with each passing day III - Defence Industrial Corridor Project
IV - One District One Product Project
About the author
V - Aspirational Districts
Shiv Bajrang Singh VI - Atma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan
General Manager Bank of India &
Chairman Aryavart Bank I - Irrigation Project:
Lucknow
Uttar Pradesh has fast tracked the various irrigation projects

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