> > > To be honest, your answers were much more optimistic than I was expecting. > You always hear things like "70% of the country is still unbanked" - and I > figured migrants would definitely be in this category. >
I guess these answers also depend on the definition of the migrant worker. A security guard is higher up on the socio-economic ladder than a house help which in turn is higher up than a laborer. A laborer will not have a bank account while a security guard will. As an aside, isn't most of India's working class 'migrant'? As is evident from the different answers (in different scenarios) that a person gives for "Where are you from?". For example, to people referring to my roots, I'd have to answer U.P (where my grand-parents lived), to people referring to my schooling, I'd have to say Delhi (where my parents live) and to people asking for my current residence, I'd say Bangalore (where I currently live). Also makes Facebook's hometown question an interesting one as you find people living in Guwahati for the past 20 years, answering it with Bangalore!
