Lok Sabha Question No. 4961 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-23
Subject: Rural Migration
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Kanakmal Katara

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4961

TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.07.2019

## RURAL MIGRATION

## 4961.  SHRI KANAKMAL KATARA:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the rate of rural migration during the last three years, State-wise;
- (b) the outcome of the efforts made by the Government to check rural migration; and
- (c) the names of the States where the rate of rural migration is highest in the country along with the comparative rate of such migration among them?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

(a) to (c): The  latest  available  National  Sample  Survey  on  'Migration  In  India  2007-2008'  was conducted during July 2007 to June 2008 (64 th Round). The state-wise proportion of rural migration as per NSS 64 th Round report is at Annexure.

Ministry of Rural Development is implementing various rural development schemes for creating employment opportunities, providing access to  basic  needs  and  creating  rural  infrastructure.  Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme provides guaranteed wage employment of 100 days in a financial year to a rural household whose adult members are willing to take up manual work. An additional 50 days of wage employment is provided over and above 100 days in the notified drought affected areas or natural calamity affected areas in the country on recommendations of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM) is implemented with the objective of providing self-employment to the members of the rural  poor  families.  The  Department  is  implementing  Shyama  Prasad  Mukherji  Rurban  Mission (SPMRM) aimed at developing 300 rural  growth  clusters  called  'Rurban  Clusters',  which  have  latent potential  for  growth,  in  all  States  and  UTs.  The  Objective  of  the  Mission  is  to  bridge  the  rural  urban divide and to reduce migration from rural to urban areas and eventually to facilitate reverse migration. Besides, Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana - Gramin (PMAY-G) and Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) are also implemented to provide basic needs and developing rural infrastructure for improving living conditions of rural masses to reduce distress migration from rural areas to cities. The findings of independent studies conducted by the Ministry of Rural Development indicate that out-migration from villages has gone down due to implementation of Mahatma Gandhi NREGS.

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Annexure Annexure  referred  to  in  part  (a)  to  (c)  of  the  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  4961  for

## 23.07.2019

Proportion (per 1000) of migrants in each State/UT

| Sl. No.   | State/ UT           |   Proportion (per 1000) of migrants |
|-----------|---------------------|-------------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh      |                                 282 |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh   |                                   8 |
| 3         | Assam               |                                 120 |
| 4         | Bihar               |                                 189 |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh        |                                 295 |
| 6         | Delhi               |                                 339 |
| 7         | Goa                 |                                 212 |
| 8         | Gujarat             |                                 299 |
| 9         | Haryana             |                                 298 |
| 10        | Himachal Pradesh    |                                 378 |
| 11        | Jammu &Kashmir      |                                 174 |
| 12        | Jharkhand           |                                 156 |
| 13        | Karnataka           |                                 273 |
| 14        | Kerala              |                                 333 |
| 15        | Madhya Pradesh      |                                 268 |
| 16        | Maharashtra         |                                 329 |
| 17        | Manipur             |                                   6 |
| 18        | Meghalaya           |                                  33 |
| 19        | Mizoram             |                                 110 |
| 20        | Nagaland            |                                  76 |
| 21        | Odisha              |                                 280 |
| 22        | Punjab              |                                 312 |
| 23        | Rajasthan           |                                 288 |
| 24        | Sikkim              |                                 300 |
| 25        | Tamil Nadu          |                                 220 |
| 26        | Tripura             |                                 110 |
| 27        | Uttar Pradesh       |                                 256 |
| 28        | Uttarakhand         |                                 344 |
| 29        | West Bengal         |                                 272 |
| 30        | A &NIsland          |                                 533 |
| 31        | Chandigarh          |                                 672 |
| 32        | Dadar &Nagar Haveli |                                 372 |
| 33        | Daman &Diu          |                                 503 |
| 34        | Lakshadweep         |                                 281 |
| 35        | Puducherry          |                                 242 |
|           | All-India           |                                 261 |