-Hindustan Times Most women MIGrate due to marriage, and distance is a critical factor in determining the gender gap in MIGration for work and education. New Delhi: India’s MIGration patterns are skewed on more than one count. Uttar Pradesh and Bihar have a disproportionately high number of out-MIGrants, while MIGrants constitute more than one-third of the population in metros like Delhi and Mumbai. Most women MIGrate due to marriage, and distance is a...
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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...
More »MIGrants aren't streaming into cities, and what this means for urban India -Gregory Randolph and Sahil Gandhi
-Hindustan Times If Indian cities have become successful in turning away MIGrants, we should see that as the first sign of their demise, not their dynamism. “Stop MIGration into cities.” These were the words of finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman during last week’s budget speech, even as she — confusingly — called urbanization an “opportunity rather than a challenge.” A call to stop rural-urban MIGration should alarm, but not surprise us. The FM’s statement...
More »90% funds for 1 party, Manmohan Singh seeks debate on state funding of elections
-The Telegraph The BJP has been cornering the lion’s share of all money going to political parties New Delhi: Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday called for a debate on state funding of elections, underscoring the urgency by drawing attention to how one party has had access to 90 per cent of the money going to political parties. Singh flagged the issue while addressing a meeting to mark the birth centenary year...
More »Thumbs up in Assam for new NRC deadline -Rahul Karmakar
-The Hindu Re-verification would have caused a lot of misery, says AAMSU GUWAHATI: Various organisations in Assam welcomed the Supreme Court’s order extending the deadline for publishing the final NRC to August 31 and turning down the request of the Centre and Assam government to conduct 20% sample re-verification of listed names in the districts bordering Bangladesh and 10% in the other districts on Tuesday. In a joint statement, the Assam State Jamiat...
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