Effect of reverse migration on number of Covid-19 cases in India

Abstract

Citizens were concerned over the improper management of the migrant workers' crisis during the lockdown phases and were speculating that it will affect the Covid-19 cases in India. This study aspires to obtain conclusive results regarding the effect of reverse migration on Covid19 cases in India. In this study, the objective is to analyse the effect of reverse migration on the number of Covid-19 cases in various states of India. Primary research objectives that the project targeted to achieve were: • Analysis of Covid-19 cases in migrant workers receiver and feeder states as per the lockdown and unlock phases. • Achieve conclusive results on the hypothesis that the reverse migration of migrants caused a significant increase in Covid-19 cases at their home states.