Summary

Aajeevika Bureau was conceived in 2004 as a response to a growing realisation that migration for work has become central to the survival of rural poor in regions such as Rajasthan. Our research and travel brought to us the harsh realities of distress driven drift of adivasi youth from south Rajasthan to the labour markets of Gujarat, Maharashtra and beyond. As the idea of Aajeevika took seed the question we set out to answer to was - how to make labour migration more equitable and free of hardship in an economy that is galloping forward Majority of seasonal migrant workers from Rajasthan – as from elsewhere in the country - are in precarious and informal employment. They confront adverse work conditions in return for meagre wages. Their seasonal dislocation from their rural homes is driven by contractors and intermediaries who keep them and their problems invisible. Migrant workers also remain excluded from essential services in cities.

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