Migrant labourers help Uttar Pradesh clock 77% rabi crop harvesting

This comes on the back of Adityanath government's announcement to provide local level jobs to the migrant labourers, who were forced to return to the state after nationwide lockdown was imposed

The influx of nearly half a million migrant labourers from other states following the coronavirus lockdown has turned out to be a boon for Uttar Pradesh in the ongoing rabi harvesting season.

The timely presence of such a large number of labourers in the rural areas has helped the state in achieving a record 77 per cent harvesting of the wheat crop so far.

In the current 2020 rabi season, UP is targetting total wheat production of almost 39 million tonnes (MT).

“There has been no shortage of farm labour due to the presence of migrant labourers, which has resulted