In this talk, Priya Deshingkar will draw on research conducted in different locations in Africa and Asia, including India, to draw out the conditions in which low-skilled migrants are recruited and employed and the contrasting discourses on their experience. In doing so, she will highlight the often complex and contradictory outcomes of migration and the […]
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Talk on ‘Low-skilled migration and precarious work – Where do the borders of forced migration begin and end?’
Sarabjit Kaur on April 13th, 2017
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Discovering Our Voices: Agrasar
Sarabjit Kaur on March 27th, 2017
Women’s day was celebrated with full vigor and vitality. An interactive session was facilitated by our cheerful young leader in making Sonam Singh, a Societymaker team member. The women gathered together, flipped through the pages of history of women’s day celebration. We gained insights into why we celebrate it today and the root of its […]
Workshop on ‘Labour Migration and Social Change in South Asia’
Sarabjit Kaur on March 22nd, 2017
Though the movement of people in pursuit of work is not new, labour migration appears to be a growing phenomenon in the South Asian region. Empirical studies and papers analysing government data have shown that migration is not a simple movement from village to city in this region, but involves multiple streams and patterns including […]
Call for Papers on “Migration, Change and Continuity”
Sarabjit Kaur on February 16th, 2017
The Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics invites submissions for a Special Issue forthcoming in July 2018, on Migration: Change and Continuity, with reference to internal migration in South Asia or cross-border migration within South Asia.
Internal Migration conundrum in India
Sarabjit Kaur on February 2nd, 2017
The first-ever estimates of internal work-related migration using railways data for the period 2011-2016 indicate an annual average flow of close to 9 million migrant people between the states.
Union Budget 2017: Thumbs up for MGNREGA
Sarabjit Kaur on February 2nd, 2017
India’s biggest anti-poverty scheme, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act or MGNREGA, has been given its “highest allocation ever” of 48,000 crores in the government’s annual Budget presented today, said Finance Minster Arun Jaitley to Parliament.
Economic Survey 2017 says labour migration higher than earlier estimates
Sarabjit Kaur on February 2nd, 2017
According to data cited in the survey, Delhi was the largest recipient of migrants, accounting for more than half the number in 2015-16. People from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar accounted for almost half the migrants in the same period.
Book Review: The Prism of Internal Migration: The Indian Experience.
Sarabjit Kaur on January 16th, 2017
One can look at ‘Internal Migration in Contemporary India’ (Edited by Deepak K. Mishra) as a companion book to Partha S. Ghosh’s book, ‘Migrants, Refugees and the Stateless in South-Asia’ (2016). If the former addressed the issue of Migration within the context of South-Asia, then the latter engages with the same, from within the lens […]
Call for Papers: Workshop on Labour Migration and Social Change in South Asia
Sarabjit Kaur on January 11th, 2017
This workshop offers a platform for young researchers, scholars and practitioners to share thoughts and receive feedback on current research about labour migration and the social changes it induces in sending and receiving communities. We invite papers from PhD scholars as well as young researchers and practitioners engaged with issues of migration and social change.
Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2017
Sarabjit Kaur on January 11th, 2017
The annual global convention for the Indian diaspora, Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2017 was held in Bengaluru from January 7 to 9 with a record participation since its inception.
