About Us

ABOUT US

Aajeevika Bureau is a public service organisation committed to protecting the rights and well-being of migrant workers in India’s vast informal workforce. Aajeevika was conceived in response to the growing, all-pervasive reality of migration becoming central to the survival of rural poor. Despite their enormous contributions to India’s economic prosperity, migrant workers remain on the margins – they earn meagre wages, work and live in precarious conditions, lack legal rights and do not avail of basic social security or services. Aajeevika Bureau seeks to bring lasting change in these conditions confronting migrant workers and their communities – both in their rural homes and in their urban destinations.

In the geographies of our direct presence, we function through a network of “Shramik Sahayata evam Sandarbh Kendras” (Workers Facilitation Centres). These centres are located in rural blocks of south Rajasthan and correspondingly, in high density urban centres of Gujarat and Maharashtra. Our interventions support workers in migration sensitive sectors – construction, small manufacturing and processing, hotels and restaurants, transportation, agriculture etc.

MISSION & VISION

Aajeevika Bureau’s vision is to achieve an equitable and dignified world of work. Within the vast spectrum of informal workers, we focus our work on the seasonal, circular migrant workforce. Our mission is to provide lasting solutions to chronic economic and socio-legal problems of migrant, informal workers and their communities. We do this through building strong workers’ organisations, designing and delivering services and undertaking relevant research and policy action.

We partner closely with organisations in labour movement, academia, government, and industry to collectively contribute to the agenda of workers’ empowerment and protection.

WHERE WE WORK

Within the wide canvas of migration that’s taking place across the country, Aajeevika’s work is focused on supporting vulnerable segments within migration dependent communities across the western-Indian migration corridor.

At the rural end of this migration corridor, our work spans multiple districts in the tribal belt of south Rajasthan (populated by Bhil, Garasiya and Meena tribe), which serve as key source regions from where workers migrate to seek employment in the informal economy of cities.

This migration is seasonal and circular in nature, triggered by factors like marginal land-holding, low value agriculture, and the local economy’s inability to meet demands for non-farm employment. Districts in Rajasthan that are currently covered by our programmes include – Udaipur, Dungarpur, Banswara, Sirohi, Bhilwara, Chittorgarh, Pratapgarh, Jodhpur and Barmer.

At the urban end, we are located in the cities of Ahmedabad, Surat, Mumbai, Pune and Bangalore – all massive recipients of migrant workers from Rajasthan and elsewhere in the country. 