Paper Details

Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) brought many social and economic challenges to the world since its arrival. It has touched to all the part of the world. India is not an exception to this moreover; it is one of the worst affected countries in the world. The most affected states in India are U.P, A.P, Bihar, Assam, west Bengal and Odisha. Particularly in Odisha the reason of spreading of the virus is that the most of the people from Odisha are migrated to the other cities in the country for their employment. The returning of the migrants workers to the state, who did not screening or diagnose the virus within them properly. The challenges faced by these migrant workers due to this COVID19 have been the main focus of this study. As the migrant workers in India are mostly works in the crowded areas of the cities that do not permit them for adopt all the safety measures for the COVID-19. They face a lot of challenges in terms of health, income, job etc.This study analyses the situations in which the migrant workers are affected especially in Odisha. For the above purpose the data collected for is secondary in nature and same has been collected from the various known databases like GOOGLE SCHOLAR, EMERALD and PROQUEST etc. and for the study the researchers also refer different magazines and news articles from the various local and national newspapers. This paper can produce a deep insight and understanding of the challenges of migrant workers of Odisha.

COVID19, Migrant Worker, challenges etc.