The new Government policy for the welfare of migrant workers under the dynamic leadership of CM K Chandrasekhar Rao is aimed at extending all the benefits of the State government’s welfare schemes to them, especially providing ration cards, healthcare, education and also skill development training.
The data of migrant workers is essential to work out modalities of extending government welfare schemes to them and its financial implications on the State budget.
Around 6.5 lakh migrant workers are right now stationed in Telangana.
The State government was already providing free ration rice to several migrant workers as per the Central government’s policy upon shifting their ration card to the State.
Similarly, the officials are working out the feasibility of extending education and health care facilities as well as skill development training programmes by making optimum use of the Central funds.
Telangana was the first state to not only provide ration, shelter and also cash to migrant workers during the first lockdown period but also arranged for their rail transportation free of cost. Officials of Labour and Industries departments have been directed to prepare an action plan to collect data from all industries such as pharmaceutical, textiles, rice mills, and construction among others.
