ABSTRACT

This volume brings together critical and landmark studies in Indian migration.

  • Covers a range of key themes — emigration policy in countries of destination and origin, development and remittances, gender issues, impact of the global financial crisis, conflict, and inclusive growth

  • Looks at new and emerging patterns in Indian migration

  • Includes essays by major scholars in the field

The book will be useful to scholars and researchers of development studies, migration and diaspora studies, economics and sociology. It will also interest policymakers and government institutions working in the area.

chapter |15 pages

Introduction

The changing faces of Indian migration

chapter 1|8 pages

Migration Policy Reforms in India

Some reflections

chapter 2|21 pages

Diaspora and Development

Critical issues

chapter 3|29 pages

Migration and Gender Empowerment

Emerging issues

chapter 4|15 pages

Mobility of Women Workers from South Asia to the Gulf

Stakeholders' responses

chapter 6|20 pages

Kerala Emigration to Saudi Arabia

Prospects under the Nitaqat law

chapter 7|19 pages

Internal Migration in India

Are the underclass more mobile?

chapter 10|23 pages

Inclusive Growth and Economic Crises

Labour migration and poverty in India