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What are the sociological reasons and implication of “reverse migration” during the recent pandemic in the India.

  • UPSC 2021
  • 20 marks
  • Rural and Agrarian Transformation in India

When the national lockdown was announced on 24 March 2020, millions of workers began walking home. Between 1 May and 3 June alone, over 58 lakh travelled on Shramik Special trains and about 41 lakh by road. The exodus was not a transport failure but a sociological statement: it revealed where social security is actually…

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  • Sociological reasons
  • The village remained the unit of social security
  • The absence of urban citizenship
  • Kinship and caste as the real safety net
  • Stigma and moral reclassification
  • Implications
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