 "Amitabh Kundu")
The latest Economic Survey presents estimates to challenge the conventional notion that migration in India is low. These estimates are based on data from the census and the railways. But the trends in the 2011 census data are at odds with the previous rounds. To understand this and its implications on migration estimates, Business Standard spoke to Amitabh Kundu, former professor at Delhi’s JNU. Edited excerpts:
In the Census data, the percentage of migrants whose duration of stay was not stated dropped from 14.5 per cent in 2001 to 0.17 in 2011. This is in the opposite direction of
In the Census data, the percentage of migrants whose duration of stay was not stated dropped from 14.5 per cent in 2001 to 0.17 in 2011. This is in the opposite direction of
