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.
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Internal Migration conundrum in India
Sarabjit Kaur on February 2nd, 2017
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.
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.
Informal Economy and Migration
Priyanka Saharia on December 19th, 2016
In association with the India Bangladesh migration crisis in Assam and largely in the north east of India, it is a complex issue at hand. While the problem is framed by certain interest groups within political rhetoric in the mainstream media of Delhi, international migration is fundamentally a social movement across legally determined boundaries and […]
Community perceptions: How #Demonetisation impacts migrants
Mukta Naik on November 29th, 2016
This morning I was roped in to speak about the impacts of demonetisation on migrant workers by Gurgaon ki Awaz, a community radio station in Gurgaon, where I live. I was speaking on a live show with the mandate to highlight systemic problems that might impact migrant workers in particular ways in this predicament, when […]
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Tags: banking, demonetisation, exclusion, identity, inclusion, migrants, politics 
No Comments »Legal Literacy Camp Organised by PEPUS
Sarabjit Kaur on May 6th, 2016
A legal literacy camp was organized by PEPUS at village Mamai, Kaudihar block, Dist, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh on 19th April 2016.The camp was organised to make aware migrant workers of their rights and entitlements as it is the first step towards work security and empowerment.
Educated Migrant?
Aritra Chakrabarty on April 5th, 2016
The overarching discourse on internal migration has given us enough fodder to understand and analyze the perils of migrating internally, especially in a developing country like India. We (the intelligentsia) have come to understand the underlying factors that triggers migration at source and the destination ecosystem which affects migrants. At the global scale, we stand […]
PEPUS celebrates International Women’s Day
Sarabjit Kaur on March 28th, 2016
International Women’s Day was organised by PEPUS on 8th March, 2016 and programs were organised in the project area. International Women’s Day programmes were organized in Anapur village of Kaudihar block, Dist.- Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh.
Migrant worker rescued from factory: A PARDA Initiative
Sarabjit Kaur on March 28th, 2016
A migrant labourer lost his left arm while working in a factory in Gujarat but his employer held him captive for over a year to cover up the incident.Lupeshwar Sabar, Tikelal Sahu and Babulal Sahu went to Hibond Cement factory Patidar village, Sapore P.S., Tehsil Gondal, Dist. Rajkot with Kisan Sahu who had earlier been […]
