Soon\, household survey to capture data of migrant workers hit by Covid-19 pandemic

New Delhi: India will soon begin a nationwide exercise to enumerate migrant workers hit by the Covid-19 pandemic and resultant lockdown.The move is aimed at creating a central data repository of migrant workers. The proposed household survey will focus on job and income loss suffered by the workers after March 24 when a nationwide lockdown was announced to contain the outbreak.A top official told ET that the survey would be completed in 6-9