No state can take manpower from state without its nod, says UP CM; Know UP's strategy that helped control spread

New Delhi, May 25: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday said his government will lay down stringent conditions for ensuring social security of workers from UP who are hired by other states. "If any state wants manpower, the state government will have to guarantee social security and insurance of the workers. Without our permission they will not be able to take our people because of the way they were treated in some states", he said in an interaction with journalists through video conferencing.

 

 

The CM said all migrant workers who have returned to the state were being registered and their skills mapped by his administration. Any state or entity interested in hiring them will need to take care of their social, legal and monetary rights. Adityanath also asked called for the creation of a migration commission that will look into various factors related to the rights of migrant workers and ensure they aren’t exploited.

UP is one of the states with vast population. Around 23-24 crores of people stay here and it was a big challenge to get all my people back to the state. While we were striving control the corona situation in the state, Tablighi Jamaat was the major challenge we faced. We ensured that every district in the state cintained those who had returned for the Markaz, he added.

 

Out of work migrant workers who are returning to the state has emerged as a big challenge for the government. Though the UP CM was among the first to send buses to bring back stranded workers and students, which out pressure on other state to follow suit; the government was criticised for not providing organised transport to the workers during the lockdown, which forced thousands to walk.

 

Acknowledging that workers trying to get back home on foot was a big challenge, Adityanath said once the government had made arrangements for buses, it had to also face a second challenge of screening and quarantining the returnees. He said state ministers were divided into groups to make policies. “ One committee was assigned to look for policies for livelihood options for workers in urban and rural areas...Second committee was to deal with business sector; to provide for the workers, and the chief secretary was tasked to coordinate with the Centre and other states,” he added. The video conferencing was organised by the Organiser Weekly and Panchajanya with journalists attending from more than 30 related news portals.