The paper looks at the status of migrant workers in Delhi the migrating patterns, the duration of stay and the composition of families; social and economic status; access to government programmes (for example, ration shops, health centres,anganwadis); and the impact of the Building and Other Construction Workers' Act ,1996. It then examines the health and nutritional status of children on the sites, and the childcare and health-seeking practices of the migrant families.
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