Economics

Migrant Workers in India May Shun Cities After Lockdown

Migrant exodus from cities risks shortage of factory labor
Goldman forecasts slowest annual economic growth since 1992

A man carries a sack of vegetables at a wholesale market in New Delhi on April 15. — A man carries a sack of vegetables at a wholesale market in New Delhi on April 15.
Photographer: Prashanth Vishwanathan/Bloomberg

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By Archana Chaudhary and Anurag Kotoky

April 15, 2020 at 9:00 PM UTC

Updated on

April 16, 2020 at 3:34 AM UTC

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Migrant workers fled India’s cities en masse last month after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s lockdown left them suddenly unemployed. Now the employers that let them go may need to offer big incentives to lure them back.