Migration to brick kilns in India: an appraisal
This note expounds on migration to brick-kilns in India, based on estimates from the National Sample Survey (NSS) 2007-08 employment- unemployment and migration survey, and a review of field studies.
Migration
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Gravity and scaling laws of city to city migration
<p>Models of human migration provide powerful tools to forecast the flow of migrants, measure the impact of a policy, determine the cost of physical and political frictions and more. Here, we analyse the
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Water and sanitation, migration and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
This briefing explores the relationships between water, sanitation and migration, and how they may affect the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (2030 Agenda) and achievement of the Sustainable Development
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Why India needs to urgently worry about migration caused by climate change
The significance of rural-urban migration will rise in future as agriculture-dependent livelihoods come under increasing climatic stress The World Bank recently released an important report on climate
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De-feminisation of agricultural wage labour in Jalpaiguri, West Bengal
A study of three villages in Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal, reveals that there is an alarming decline in female agricultural wage labour, resulting in de-feminisation, devastating poverty and outmigration
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Transboundary cooperation improves endangered species monitoring and conservation actions: A case study of the global population of Amur leopards
<p>Political borders and natural boundaries of wildlife populations seldom coincide, often to the detriment of conservation objectives. Transnational monitoring of endangered carnivores is rare, but is
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Moving for prosperity: global migration and labor markets
Global migration has lifted millions out of poverty and boosted economic growth, a new World Bank report finds. But destination countries risk losing out in the global competition for talent and leaving
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Experts to help tackle man-elephant conflict near border
“Need to clear encroachments inside Goalpara forest division” GUWAHATI: The Assam forest department will take the help of experts in mitigating human-elephant conflict along the Meghalaya border even
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90% forest fires manmade: Uttarakhand govt to HC
NAINITAL: The state government submitted its response regarding the raging forest fires in Uttarakhand high court on Thursday. After it stating that 90% of the fires are manmade, the HC asked the state
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Short-term migration in rural India: the impact of nature and extent of participation in agriculture
Analyse a nationally representative data set from India for the year 2013 in order to provide evidence on how short term migration is affected by household's ownership of land, and participation in agricultural