Patna. Although people from Bihar mostly go to states like Punjab, Maharashtra, Bengal and Delhi in search of work, in recent times the movement of people from Bihar has also increased in states like Uttarakhand. Be it education, job or daily wage labour, many people of Bihar have turned towards Uttarakhand today. Once upon a time, people of Bihar used to go to Uttarakhand to get education, but after the development of pharma industry there, apart from getting education, people also started going in search of employment. Today, a large number of people of Bihar are involved in this industry. Apart from this, many projects are going on for the development of infrastructure in Uttarakhand. In such a situation, the demand for laborers has increased on a large scale here. Laborers from Bihar got work here on a large scale. Today there is hardly any project going on in which Bihari laborers have not got work. Among the 40 laborers trapped in the accident-hit tunnel for the last 17 days, four are from Bihar.
Pharma industry wooed Biharis
In Uttarakhand, people of Bihar have got maximum employment in the pharmaceutical industry. A large number of people from Bihar work in about 1123 pharma industries in areas like Selaqui, Bhagwanpur of Roorkee, Haridwar, Kashipur, Sitarganj, Mohabbewala of Dehradun, Rishikesh etc. Apart from this, there is a good number of Biharis in tourism and health related sectors also. Along with this, 61 industries related to furnace oil and petro oil operating in Uttarakhand are about to be completed. People of Bihar are already engaged in their construction, people of Bihar will also be ahead in getting employment in these industries. Today, people from Bihar constitute the largest number of migrant laborers working in the construction sector of Uttarakhand. Even in the service sector, the share of Biharis is highest among the migrants. Pushkar Singh Dhami says that under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Devbhoomi Uttarakhand is progressing rapidly in the field of employment generation. According to his statement, the state government is determined to make the third decade of the 21st century the decade of Uttarakhand.
35 percent migrant laborers in the country
Data of Migrated Labor in India: According to the 2011 census, the number of laborers moving from one state to another in India is 45.36 crore. Which is 37% of the total population of the country. According to this calculation, the number of working people in India was 48.2 crores. The total number of working people in the country is estimated to be more than 50 crore by 2016. According to the Economic Survey of 2016-17, the first choice of workers within the country were cities like Gurugram, Delhi and Mumbai. Apart from this, Gautam Buddha Nagar (Uttar Pradesh), Indore and Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh), Bengaluru (Karnataka); And in districts like Tiruvallur, Chennai, Kanchipuram, Erode and Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu), there was more migrant labour.
Uttarakhand number two in the country in employment generation
A major reason for people of Bihar moving towards Uttarakhand has been the increased employment opportunities in Uttarakhand. Uttarakhand has taken a huge leap in general employment generation. With a growth of 28.6 percent, Uttarakhand has come at second position among the top 5 states of the country. This has been revealed in the report of Employees Provident Fund Organization (EPFO). CM Pushkar Singh Dhami has given credit for this achievement to the guidance of PM Narendra Modi’s leadership. Last year, from January to June 2022, 1,03,411 people were involved in formal employment, while this year in the same period this number increased to 1,33,023. This is about 28.6 percent. On the other hand, Assam is at number one position in terms of proportion. Although Bihar is at third place.