-PTI NEW DELHI: Internal Migrants, estimated to constitute about 30 per cent of the population, contribute 10 per cent to the country's GDP with employment having become the biggest reason behind migration, a UNESCO report has said. The report considers internal migration as being a key factor behind prosperous cities, boosting economic activity and growth. Citing various sources, it estimated that following Census 2011, the number of Migrants may have increased to about...

-The Hindustan Times In many ways, they are the nowhere people. Now a Unesco report Social Inclusion of Internal Migrants in India puts the number of internal Migrants at around a third of the population. This number is far higher than the number of Migrants who leave India to work abroad. Yet, since most internal Migrants move back and forth according to where they can find work, they get left out...

-IANS NEW DELHI: Breaking the myth that internal migration is burdening the cities, a new study says Migrants are in fact contributing largely to the gross domestic product (GDP) and proving to be a subsidy. A Unesco report on social inclusion of internal Migrants in India released on Thursday says Migrants are looked upon as "outsiders" and considered a burden, but the fact is that internal Migrants contribute cheap labour for manufacturing...

-PTI Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has joined government and PSU oil firms against the Supreme Court order making Aadhaar card not mandatory for availing social benefits saying, its directive has "very serious implications" in the implementation of welfare schemes. The UIDAI also contended that its order dated September 23, putting the onus on it to check that Aadhaar card should not be given to illegal imMigrants, impinges on the jurisdiction...

-The Business Standard A study finds migration doesn't lead to child labour; it impacts the education of child Migrants Migration has helped rural incomes and, to a certain extent, agriculture. Typically, Migrants from rural areas are short-term Migrants. Often, adult Migrants take their children with them, and this leads to the overall picture being distorted. A 2010 study on the impact of short-term - often as short as a month - migration on...