Manufacturing companies hiring locals to cut reliance on migrant labourers

Dalmia Cement has hired large batches of people in local areas in Maharashtra, Bengal, Orissa and other places and started skilling them.

Synopsis
Economists and top company officials said this could lead to a permanent shift in the labour workforce market as the pandemic made companies realise the uncertainty and risk of heavy reliance on migrants.

Mumbai: Covid-19 seems to have led to a shift in the talent landscape of Indian manufacturers with several of them now replacing migrant workforce with local people.Dalmia Cement, KEC International, Lumax and Hyundai Motor have all seen a significant increase in intake of workers from surrounding localities in recent times after a major chunk of their migrant workers left for their homes after the imposition of the national lockdown to tackle

Rica Bhattacharyya Lijee Philip

ET Bureau

5 mins read, Last Updated:

Jan 26, 2021, 09:59 AM IST

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