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Internal migration is part and parcel of the Socio-economic social life of India. Under the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897 and the Disaster Management Act, 2005 on 24 March, the government of India without any proper plan declared lockdown leaving billions of people in distress. India has witnessed its biggest migrant crisis. Several migrant workers were laid off by their employers thereby causing mass unemployment. They were exposed to hunger, with practically no help from the government; with no money to feed themselves and their families amid the pandemic. The disadvantaged segments of the society have experienced maximum impact of lockdown amid COVID-19 pandemic. Deprivation of basic necessities leads to human rights violations. This paper aims to bring forth the impact of lockdown on Migrant workers of India amid Covid-19 pandemic and violation of their Basic human rights; and fur aims to analyse whether absence of coherent policy framework poses challenges for migrant workers