GVT's Interventions

GVT's Interventions

1. Established Rural and Urban centers
  • In view of various problems of migrant labourers the project introduced two types of centres,Palayan Suchna Kendra (PSK) in home areas and Migrant Resource Centre (MRC) at destination cities.
  • These centers are linked to each other. Networking, information sharing and facilitating migration are the main function of these centers.
  • Establishing links with different government, non-government and other formal and informal sectors are other activities of the PSK's and MRC's.
  • 15 PSK's in Remote area and 3 MRC's in Vadodara, Ahmedabad and Ratlam has been established.

2. Networking and linkages
  • GVT works closely with district administration, panchayati raj institutions, self –help groups and line departments.
  • It networks with these organizations to discuss the problems migrants face and to identify and advocate for changes in laws and in government and other policies and programme.

3. Collaboration with partners
  • Project strongly feels that to address the migration issues is a challenging task and a combination of interventions from different area and from different stake holders GO-NGO are essential for effective implementation of the programme.
  • To develop a vision of unionization, settlement of wages disputes through mutual negotiation and awareness generation.
  • Project has signed and MOU with Development Initiative for Social and Human Action DISHA Ahmedabad, which is a trade union of migrant labourers and having experience of 10 12 years for such activities.
  • Similarly Multiple Action Research Group MARG New Delhi a right based organization is facilitating legal literacy programme for project migrants.

4. Campaigning for skill upgradation
  • One of the important aims of MLSP is to increase returns during migration.
  • GVT has identified Construction Industries Development Council CIDC, established and promoted by planning commission and construction industry, a suitable partner for skill upgradation of migrant labourers under the GVT-CIDC collaboration programme 38 trades has been identified for skill upgradation and certification as well.
  • The programme has already started and 191 migrant labourers of Ratlam project area have appeared for competency test of masionary work

5. Experience sharing workshops
  • MLSP issues have been addressed in various forums through experience sharing workshops.
  • DFID, India. WORLP, Bolangir. ODI, Hyderabad. MANAGE, Hyderabad.
  • Senior govt. official Jaipur (Rajasthan). M.P. Administration Academy, Bhopal.
    MPRLP, Bhopal.

6. Other benefit to migrants
  • Registration of migrants and issue of ; Identity cards:- Presently there is no formal system of registering the migrant labourers. Project started registration of migrants through PSK's at source points and providing them with Identity card issued by Gram Panchayats to avoid harassment by police etc.So far more than 21000 Identity cards have been issued and 7000 migrants have been registered through PSKs
  • Insurance schemes for social securities: - In order to provide social security in case of accidents, death or partial disability.
  • GVT is promoting Janshree Insurance Policy and other accidental group policies.
  • 1474 migrants have been covered under these policies.
  • Communication facility:-During the interaction with migrant community we found communication a major issue. All the 15 PSK's and 3 MRC's has been equipped with telephone facility for receiving and conveying the messages of migrants from long destinations to their family members of remotearea.
  • 1529 Incoming and 1837outgoing calls have been made through PSK's.
  • Receiving complaints of less payments/nonpayment: PSK's and MRC's are receiving the complaints of less payments or nonpayment of wages from migrants of project area and forwarding the same to DISHA or Govt. Labour Deptt. For further action.