Jalpaiguri District Administration Launches Door-to-Door Survey of Migrant Workers
Aims to Gather Information on Workers Who Have Not Yet Registered with the Government
The Jalpaiguri district administration has begun a door-to-door survey to gather information on the district's migrant workers who have not yet arrived in Duare Sarkar camps or sent representatives to enter their information.
According to government insiders, around 40,000 residents of the district may have moved to other states in search of employment.
Nevertheless, only 13,669 migrant laborers' identities from the recently held Duare Sarkar camps have been recorded and posted on the state government's website. A door-to-door survey was conducted last Monday because the actual number is far lower than the estimate (about 35%), according to an administrative official.
The state opened the Duare Sarkar camps to migrant laborers earlier this year so that they could register and help create a database of Bengal's migrant population.
According to reports, 14.25 lakh migrant laborers from all across Bengal have their data registered at the camps.
Jalpaiguri district magistrate Shama Parveen said that teams will inspect the whole area until November 10.
"They will ask migrant workers' relatives for basic information about them. In addition, the families would be informed about the West Bengal Bhabishyat Credit Card Scheme, she said, so that any migrant worker who is still living there might establish his own company there rather than leaving.
The Mamata Banerjee government's initiative offers loans to private citizens for commercial purposes up to Rs 5 lakh.
The advantages of the student credit card would be explained if any kid dropped out of school and started working as a migrant worker.
According to an official, "it will encourage students to continue with their studies through educational loans."
After the survey's data collection, the state labor department will submit the information to the Karmasathi site.
We can estimate the number of migrant workers in the area more precisely thanks to the poll. Regular data updates are planned, the source said.
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