Venugopal, Vineetha (2020) The Shore scene: The Heavy toll of covid-19 on India’s fishers.
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The plight of Inter State Migrant (ISM) workers in India during the ongoing official COVID-19 lockdown, has been highlighted by various media platforms. The number of internal migrants in India is estimated to be 450 million (accounting for both inter-state and intra-state migrants) as per the 2011 census. Most of them are informal workers employed in the unorganised sector or engaged in informal work in the organised sector. With the sudden lockdown, and shutting down of industries and services, they are struggling to pay rent, and buy food and medicines. Migrant fishworkers have received less attention in comparison to other categories of migrant workers. Due to the decline in fish catch and reduced returns from fishing, traditional fishers have been migrating from their native villages to large harbours, either in their home states or other states, for over a decade. They work as crew in mechanised fleets or engage in allied activities like fish processing, net-mending, or boat repairing. In the immediate aftermath of the lockdown, fishworker trade unions and supporting organisations came across multiple cases of stranded migrant fish workers.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Keywords: | Offshore Fisheries, Covid, India, Migrants, Census, Fish Catch, Traditional Fisheries, Fishing Harbour, Fishing Fleet, Fish Processing, Net Making, Fishworkers Union |
| Subjects: | Disasters and Climate Change |
| Depositing User: | Jeeva ICSF Rajan |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Jun 2022 10:38 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Jun 2022 10:38 |
| URI: | http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/16967 |
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