The Centre said on Tuesday that more than one crore migrant labourers returned to their home states on foot during March-June this year.
Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways V K Singh told Lok Sabha in a written reply that Covid-19 has resulted in migration of large number of workers from destination states to the home-states.
He said as per the data compiled by Ministry of Labour and Employment, more than 1.06 crore migrant workers, including those who travelled on foot during the lockdown, returned to their home states.