Umi Daniel
The recent
National Sample survey data in India shows that one in three households in urban
area are migrant households. Most of the migrants move across within the state
boundaries and the single most reason of migration is employment. It is
estimated that by 2030, close to 50% of the population of India will be living
in urban area.
Realizing the
challenges of urban governance, infrastructure, livelihood, housing, access to
basic services and creating inclusive policies for migrants, the government of
India has set recently up an inter-ministerial task force to study the impact
of migration on housing, infrastructure and livelihoods. The Ministry of
Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation ( HUPA) has issued orders to set up a
panel with members from ministries of Rural Development, Labour and Employment,
Statistics and Programme implementation, Home Affaris and HUPA. The panel is
headed by Dr. Pattho Mukhopadhayay from the Centre for Policy Research will
also include a representative from the NITI Aayog in addition to housing and
migration experts. The panel will study causes, forms and patterns of external
and internal migration, its fallout across various economic groups and impact
of remittances on receiving and remitting regions. It will also examine the effectiveness
of existing legislation such as Inter-State Migrant Workmen Act of 1979.
The panel is
expected to submit its report by the end of the year
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