{"id":40513,"date":"2019-01-16T17:51:07","date_gmt":"2019-01-16T12:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=40513"},"modified":"2019-01-16T17:51:07","modified_gmt":"2019-01-16T12:21:07","slug":"a-million-migrations-journeys-in-search-of-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/a-million-migrations-journeys-in-search-of-jobs\/","title":{"rendered":"A million migrations: Journeys in search of jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livemint.com\/Politics\/8WPPsZygqR7Mu6e3Fgy55N\/A-million-migrations-Journeys-in-search-of-jobs.html\"><strong>A million migrations: Journeys in search of jobs<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Article<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The article discusses the characteristics, reasons and impact of migration for work in India<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Important analysis<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Statistics<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>According to Economic Survey (2016-17), there are more than 100 million migrants in India<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Characteristics of migration for work in India<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Migration for work within India is highly circular. Circular migration is temporary and recurrent movement of people working in multiple destinations during their lifetimes, and retiring in their native places.<\/li>\n<li>Indian migration is semi-permanent, male-dominated, and remittance-based migration<\/li>\n<li>Apart from circular migration due to work, other reasons for migration include marriage, education, job transfers, and involuntary displacements<\/li>\n<li>Migration was east-bound in the 19<sup>th<\/sup>century towards Bengal, Burma, and Southeast Asia; west-bound in the 20<sup>th<\/sup>towards the arc between Punjab and Maharashtra; and primarily south-bound in the 21<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0century.<\/li>\n<li>Previously migration was directed towards commercial hubs and metros such as Kolkata and Mumbai. However, at present smaller cities like Surat have emerged as lucrative destinations for migration.<\/li>\n<li>Coastal belt below Mumbai, till kanyakumari is one of India\u2019s major hotspots of outmigration with migration primarily directed towards the Gulf countries.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong><em>Positive Impact:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Circular migrants gaps in demand for and supply of labour; and efficiently allocates skilled and unskilled labour; cheap labour.<\/li>\n<li>Migration for work provides remittances to households in the areas of origin; increases consumer expenditure and investment in health, education and assets formation<\/li>\n<li>Migration leads to intermixing of people from different cultures which brings up a composite culture among the people<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong><em>Concerns:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Migration has changed the characteristics of the population in regions of out migration and in-migration-the proportion of old, children and females increases due to out- migration in source region (example- Ratagiri) and proportion of males increase in regions of in-migration (example-Surat)<\/li>\n<li>According to the Economic Survey 2017-18, with growing rural to urban migration by men, there has been \u2018feminisation\u2019 of agriculture sector<\/li>\n<li>Lack of access to social security benefits among migrant workers<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-40519\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/india.jpg?resize=404%2C434&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"404\" height=\"434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/india.jpg?w=404&amp;ssl=1 404w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/india.jpg?resize=140%2C150&amp;ssl=1 140w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/india.jpg?resize=279%2C300&amp;ssl=1 279w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 404px) 100vw, 404px\" \/>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A million migrations: Journeys in search of jobs Article The article discusses the characteristics, reasons and impact of migration for work in India Important analysis Statistics According to Economic Survey (2016-17), there are more than 100 million migrants in India Characteristics of migration for work in India Migration for work within India is highly circular.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/a-million-migrations-journeys-in-search-of-jobs\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A million migrations: Journeys in search of jobs<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[555],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-test-1","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704951814},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40513\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}