NEW DELHI : While India is targeting to offer job opportunities to millions of migrants in 116 districts through a dedicated scheme, over 33% -- one out of every three -- of the migrants are confined in just 19 districts, underlining how some of the rural districts in India are in the quagmire of an acute migration crisis due to lack of employment opportunities.Of the nearly 6.5 million migrants the government is targeting through the Garib Kalayn Rojgar Abhiyan (GKRA), these 19 districts are now home to over 2.19 million people who have returned to their villages from their workspace due to the covid-19 lockdown, as per official data accessed by Mint.Of the high density 19 districts, 15 have received more than 100,000 migrants each.
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