Bihar’s Migrants Lack SIR Documents

Title: Bihar’s Migrants Lack SIR Documents

Published on: July 28, 2025

Published in: The Hindu

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Dr. Anindita Adhikari

Co-author: Rajendran Narayanan, Associate Professor, School of Arts and Sciences, Azim Premji University, Bengaluru

A recent survey, by the Stranded Workers Action Network, shows that about 70% of migrant respondents from Bihar had no awareness of which documents were required to prove citizenship.

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