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Sun, 2020-09-13 00:34


MUMBAI:*Omkar Rathod was thankful for the company of hundreds of fellow migrant workers as they trudged home to far-flung villages once lockdown had shut Indian industry.

But he didn’t realize he would soon be competing with them for jobs.

Back in his village in northern India since March, Rathod is vying for work under the world’s largest jobs programs: The only option for the millions of migrant workers who face mass job losses in a struggling economy and a raging pandemic.







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