This morning I was roped in to speak about the impacts of demonetisation on migrant workers by Gurgaon ki Awaz, a community radio station in Gurgaon, where I live. I was speaking on a live show with the mandate to highlight systemic problems that might impact migrant workers in particular ways in this predicament, when […]
Posts Tagged ‘identity’
Community perceptions: How #Demonetisation impacts migrants
Mukta Naik on November 29th, 2016
Posted in Financial Inclusion, Labour Markets, political Inclusion, Political Rights 
Tags: banking, demonetisation, exclusion, identity, inclusion, migrants, politics 
No Comments »Welfare or surveillance? The flip side of migrant registration drives
Radhika M. Chakraborty on June 11th, 2015
The recent initiatives by the state governments of Kerala, Jharkhand and Odisha towards compulsory registration of migrant labourers, are ostensibly being undertaken for the purpose of creating better welfare and support mechanisms. For migrant labourers, procuring an identity card is of primary importance to avail of government benefits–yet ‘identity’ in terms of citizenship and policy […]
