Vol. V
Issue: 1&2
Journal of Migration Affairs
Sept 2022 & March 2023
AUTHOR
Pinak Sarkar
Pinak Sarkar (psarkar@iimraipur.ac.in) is Post Doc Fellow, Economics and Public Policy, Indian Institute of Management, Raipur.
Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, and Chhattisgarh are among India’s eight Empowered Action Group (EAG) states1. These states are also among the economically backward states which witness a higher level of inter-state out-migration
READ MOREThe north-eastern (NE) region of India consists of eight states: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, and Tripura. These peripheral states are connected with the rest of India, often called ‘mainland’ India in common parlance, by a narrow piece of land only 21 kilometres wide in parts—a corridor popularly known as the Chicken’s Neck or the Siliguri Corridor.
READ MOREUttar Pradesh is the most populous state in the country, with a population size of around 200 million (199, 812, 341 persons), and constitutes around 16.52 per cent of the total population of India. The state also has a very high population density of 828 per sq km compared to the national average of 382 per sq km (Census 2011). Regional imbalances, very high level of unemployment and widespread poverty are well-established characteristics of the state.
READ MOREThe overall development scenario in Bihar has always put the state in a spotlight in debates on regional imbalances, economic development, poverty etc. The backwardness of this eastern state can be attributed to various factors, such as very low agricultural output coupled with a high dependence on agriculture, a hugely skewed distribution of land with landlessness being widespread among peasants, lack of industrialisation, high population growth etc.
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Vol. V
Issue: 1&2
Journal of Migration Affairs
Sept 2022 & March 2023
Vol. IV
Issue: 2
Journal of Migration Affairs
March 2022