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Problem: Migrant labor continuously returned to their native places in India due to unemployment and COVID-19 pandemic. It was a very challenging task faced by the government to take a very large number of migrant laborers to their native places in this pandemic. The migrant labor came out of their native places because of unemployability. Again, they are facing the same difficulty of finding employment, once they come home. Industries cannot be shut down for an indefinite period as this move affects the nation’s economy to a very large extent. In the Unlock-1 industries have started along with other establishments which are going to result into generation of employment and revenue for them. The labor which has gone back to their native places may not be interested in coming back again in this pandemic.

Overcome

 Major employment can be related with agriculture for the migrant labors. The government should make trained societies and teams, who can train villagers to encourage organic farming, food processing, etc. Plants producing organic manure can be setup in rural areas. This organic manure can be easily made available to the local farmers at a lower cost and can be a good source of income for rural people. For large scale requirements of food processing industries, contract farming of vegetables, fruits, food grains can be introduced in rural area.

 The state which are endowed with a wide variety of medicinal plants and herbs are very good market potential. A tie or Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) can be done with the pharmaceutical companies for these medicinal plants and herbs.

 Floriculture activities can be taken up in rural areas to employ migrant labor as this activity is a highly labor intensive one. Floriculture is having a good market potential both in domestic market as well as in the export market [17].

 Dairying industry can be developed in rural areas as per the climatic condition that suits to the area [18].

 Migrant labor can also be employed in sericulture, pisciculture and piggery which can be undertaken in rural areas. Some other allied agroforestry activities like social forestry where trees like Eucalyptus and poplar trees can be grown in rural areas which can both bring revenue and employment generation. The rest of the migrant labor can be absorbed in cottage industry and small-scale industry.

 Instant employment generation has been possible only in construction sector like road construction, building construction, etc. The government can tie up with other states and organizations where there is a requirement of skilled and unskilled labor.