Lok Sabha Question No. 2997 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-15
Subject: Internal migration in India
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Aparajita Sarangi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2997

TO BE ANSWERED ON 15.03.2021

## INTERNAL MIGRATION IN INDIA

## 2997. SHRIMATI APARAJITA SARANGI:

## Will the Minister of LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT be pleased to state:

- (a)whether the Government maintains the data of the number of persons who have migrated externally from each state in India to another in the last 10 years;
- (b)if so, the details thereof specific to external migration from Odisha in
- the last 10 years, including the reasons for the same;
- (c)if not, whether the Government has plans to conduct surveys to assess
- the same and if so, details thereof and if not, the reasons therefore;
- (d)whether the Government plans to release 'Migration in India' reports for the years subsequent to 2008 and if so, details thereof and if not, the reasons therefore;
- (e)whether the Government considers updating the data more frequently given the increasing trend in internal migration within India and if so, the details thereof and the action taken thereon; and
- (f)if not, the reasons therefore?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (IC) FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR)

- (a) to (f): Migration  of  workers  from  one  place  to  another    is  a continuous  process.  The  workers  migrate  out  of  their  native  places  in search  of  livelihood.  The  Constitution  of  India  guarantees  the  right  to every citizen to move  and  reside in any State/UT in search of Occupation/Job. According to the Economic Survey 2016-17 the size of the workforce as per Census 2011, was 482 million (48.2 crore) people and based on extrapolation, this figure could have exceeded 500 million (50 crore) in 2016. If the share of migrants in the workforce is estimated to be even 20%, the size of the migrant workforce can be estimated to be over 100 million (10 crore) in 2016 in absolute terms.

Labour Bureau, an attached office of the Ministry of Labour & Employment , has been entrusted with the task of conducting the All India

Survey on Migrant workers.

developing a comprehensive National Data base of the Unorganized workers (NDUW) to collect relevant information of unorganized workers and inter-alia help schemes  being

Ministry of Labour & Employment is in delivery of various social security and welfare implemented for them.

Further, Ministry of Statistical and Programme Implementation., National  Statistical  Office  (NSO)  launched  Multiple  Indicator  Survey during  January-  December  2020.    In  this  survey,  provisions  have  been made  to  capture  information  on  migration.  The  information  is  being collected on last usual place of residence of the migrants in relation to the place where they are being listed (present place of enumeration) in terms of the following details:

- (i)
- rural area of same district
- (ii)
- (iii)
- (iv)
- (v)
- urban area of same district
- rural area of same state but another district
- urban area of same state but another district
- rural area of  another state
- (vi) urban area of  another state
- (vii) another country

Besides,  as  part  of  the  Periodic  Labour  Force  Survey  (PLFS)  of National  Statistical  Office  (NSO)  information  is  being  collected  during July 2020 - June 2021 on (i) migration and (ii) temporary visitors in the selected households.

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