-Scroll.in The BJP suggested low exclusion rates in border districts meant the NRC was inaccurate. Political analysts in the state say MIGration levels have dropped. On August 1, the Assam government released the district-wise break-up of the 40.07 lakh people who were left out of the draft of the National Register of Citizens published on July 31, 2018. When the draft was published last year, the Supreme Court had ordered the state...
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Gender gap narrows in MIGration for jobs -Abhishek Jha
-Hindustan Times Across various education levels, men are more likely to MIGrate for work than women, according to the data, although there has been some improvement. New Delhi: There are enough anecdotal accounts of women not being allowed to (or not wanting to) move to other towns and cities to take up jobs. Data on MIGration from the 2011 census that’s just been released bears these out. Across various education levels, men...
More »The makings of a digital kleptocracy -Reetika Khera
-The Hindu When data is monetised, as the Economic Survey advocates, it becomes toxic and harms public interest Last year, I was denied information requested under the Right to Information Act (RTI) 2005. I had sought the names of agencies empanelled by the Unique Identification Authority of India for an “image makeover” and the expenditure on it. It was denied by invoking the exemption clauses of Sections 8(d) and 8(j), respectively, i.e....
More »India moving: In the times of NRC, a look at where the MIGrants fit in -Ravish Tiwari
-The Indian Express Census 2011 counted 14.2 crore MIGrants in the decade preceding it, intra-district to inter-state. Women moved for marriage, men for work, economic reforms drove the change, and Surat emerged as No. 3 destination while Chennai fell far behind. In a country with a long and often violent history of sons-of-the-soil politics, MIGration is a politically fraught issue. From the attacks on south Indians in Mumbai in the 1960s...
More »Outgoing MIGration beats incoming: Census report -Shoeb Khan
-The Times of India JAIPUR: The desert state has recorded an inward MIGration of 26 lakh against an outward MIGration of 39 lakh, as per the Census 2011 report on population classified by place of birth and sex, disclosed last week. The deficit of 13 lakh puts Rajasthan in the league of states which are less developed or least attractive for MIGrants. The figures highlighted that two-third of the inward MIGration...
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