New Delhi, April 29: The government has said there are 14 crore migrant labourers in the country based on the 2001 census emphasising that the question was not of the numbers but welfare.
Replying to a half-an-hour discussion on migration of workers, Labour Minister Mallikarjun Kharge said the government endorsed the views of the members about migrant workers.
“There are 14 crore migrant labourers in the country as per the 2001 census…The real issue is not the numbers but the welfare of the labourers,” he said.
Initiating the discussion, Rajiv Pratap Rudy (BJP) wanted to know whether it was correct that 2 crore people migrate from Maharashtra to work in other states.
He also wanted to know the number of illegal Chinese and Bangaladeshi migrants in the country.
–Agencies