The Safe and Responsible Migration Initiative (SRMI) was conceptualised in 2021 from a NITI Aayog Workshop, Supported by the Omidyar Network India under their Resolve Initiative, SRMI was anchored within Dept of Labour, Employment, Skill Development and Training, Govt of Jharkhand, led by a consortium of PDAG, BIPP-ISB, PHIA Foundation and CMID, and was launched in October 2021.
The main objectives of this lighthouse project were to gather evidence around labour migration in the state, conduct awareness towards safe migration practices, register migrant labourers on the eShram and Shramadhan platforms, ensure grievance redressal through a 24 X 7 hotline and focus on establishing institutional mechanisms to link migrant labourers and their households to social security programmes of state and central governments. It also helped pilot the design and operations of Safe and Responsible Migration Centres (SRMCs) at source districts – Dumka, Gumla, West Singhbhum, and undertake inter-state coordination in destination regions – Kerala and UT of Leh through setting up of such centres, SRMI also undertook the Jharkhand Migration Survey 2023 and assisted in the formation of village migration registers and village migration committees.
