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Gender-Restricted Emigration and Pandemic Repercussions: The Case of Nurse Emigration from India to The Gulf Countries During COVID-19

Vol. 58, Issue No. 42, 21 Oct, 2023
Introduction The consequences of the global coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on the international migration and mobility of workers have been profound. Border closures, quarantine and stay-at-home measures, and the downturn in international travel have all caused disruption to labour migration flows and increased immobility (Martin and Bergmann 2020). For India, this poses a significant concern when we consider the level of it’s internal migration, international migrant remittances, the rate of emigration for India’s workers (skilled and less skilled), and the increasing...

COVID-19-led Migrant Crisis

Vol. 55, Issue No. 48, 05 Dec, 2020
S Irudaya Rajan

The genesis and evolution of the COVID-19-led migrant crisis in India, along with the institutional responses, is discussed. The focus is on the shortcomings of the response, especially taking into consideration the curtailment of human mobility, which pushed migrants into enormous physical, psychological, and economic vulnerability, and the short-, medium-, and long-term measures provided by the government in order to alleviate them. Alternate policy measures to ensure migrant welfare in the immediate future are suggested.

Demographic and Health Diversity in the Era of SDGs

Vol. 55, Issue No. 6, 08 Feb, 2020
K S James, S Irudaya Rajan, Srinivas Goli

Despite the progress achieved in demographic and health-related indicators, achieving targets in the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 remains a demanding task. This study acts as a perfect benchmark for monitoring several demographics and health-related indicators in the era of the SDGs. There is a need to advance the right sources of data and cutting-edge tools for measuring and monitoring progress. The efforts to reduce regional disparities in demographic and health-related indicators are hindered by the lack of adequate funding to the programmes and the absence of reliable micro-level evidence-based policy.

 

Twenty-five Years of the NFHS

Vol. 55, Issue No. 6, 08 Feb, 2020
S Irudaya Rajan

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Research on International Migration from India Needs a Fresh Start

Vol. 55, Issue No. 5, 01 Feb, 2020
Indians constitute the highest number of international migrants worldwide after the Chinese. Globally, India ranks at the top for the amount of annual foreign remittances it receives. Despite its significance, research on migration in India has substantial gaps, which underlines the need for further exploration.

New Evidences from the Kerala Migration Survey, 2018

Vol. 55, Issue No. 4, 25 Jan, 2020
S Irudaya Rajan, K C Zachariah

The Kerala Migration Survey 2018, eighth in the series of studies on migration undertaken by the Centre for Development Studies, sheds light on the various issues concerning migration and mobility, based on a large-scale sample survey of 15,000 households. It gathers the findings of two decades of research done at the CDS and examines migration dynamics from multiple perspectives: demographic, economic and sociopolitical. As per the KMS 2018, there are 2.1 million emigrants from Kerala across the world. However, there has been a decline of 3 lakh emigrants during 2013–18. The estimated total remittances to Kerala are₹85,092 crore, an increase from ₹71,142 crore reported in 2014. This is due to the fact that Keralites in the Gulf have climbed up the social ladder and earn higher wages, allowing them to remit more.

 

Draft Emigration Bill, 2019

Vol. 54, Issue No. 30, 27 Jul, 2019
S Irudaya Rajan, Varun Aggarwal, Priyansha Singh

The evolution of the Indian Emigration Policy framework is traced since the inception of the Emigration Act, 1922, and the draft Emigration Bill, 2019 is examined. While the 2019 draft bill includes all emigrant workers and students within its purview, it continues to exclude the family and undocumented migrants. Given the magnitude of family migration from India, this is a major oversight. Of the different stages of the migrant life cycle, the 2019 draft bill focuses mostly on pre-departure while ignoring the rights of migrants at their destination and their eventual return migration. For the draft Emigration Bill, 2019 to be truly effective, it needs a rights-based approach inclusive of all Indian migrants abroad.

The Realities of Voting in India

Vol. 54, Issue No. 18, 04 May, 2019
S Irudaya Rajan, Ashwin Kumar, Arokkiaraj Heller

While the nature of work and consequent socio-economic realities deprive migrant workers within India of their voting rights, the lack of official documentation of internal migration, especially for informal employment, prevents any conscientious policy actions for addressing the issue.

Kerala’s Flood Disaster

Vol. 53, Issue No. 36, 08 Sep, 2018
S Irudaya Rajan, Arokkiaraj Heller, Rakesh Ranjan

In the event of devastating floods in Kerala, what would be the impact on migration and remittances, and what role can the diaspora play in the reconstruction of the state? Migration, as a livelihood strategy, is expected to increase in the aftermath of floods as people try to mitigate economic loss and uncertainty.

Nursing Education in India

Vol. 52, Issue No. 24, 17 Jun, 2017
Sreelekha Nair, S Irudaya Rajan

This article explores the history of nursing education in India, and the state, community and market factors contributing to its recent growth. The quality of training offered in these mushrooming institutions, however, tends to be poor. Regularisation and standardisation remain the greatest challenges for Indian nursing. Graduating nurses face job shortages and poor working conditions, especially in the private sector. Understanding the nursing education sector is important in the aftermath of the central government’s mandate to increase the wages of nurses in private hospitals.

Tamil Nadu Migration Survey 2015

Vol. 52, Issue No. 21, 27 May, 2017
S Irudaya Rajan, Bernard D’Sami, s Samuel Asir Raj

Tamil Nadu is considered a mobile society because its people have a history of migration and a significant diaspora presence in 17 countries across the world. In spite of high mobility being recurrent in Tamil Nadu, there is a lack of comprehensive studies on this theme. The Tamil Nadu Migration Survey 2015 is the first attempt to study the demographic, social, and economic characteristics of migrants, return migrants, outmigrants, and return outmigrants in the state, remittances received, cost of migration, and the problems they face abroad. TMS 2015 is a broad replication of previously conducted Kerala Migration Surveys.

Update on Trends in Sex Ratio at Birth in India

Vol. 52, Issue No. 11, 18 Mar, 2017
S Irudaya Rajan, Sharada Srinivasan, Arjun S Bedi

With additional data available at more regular intervals on sex ratio at birth, it is easier to track changes without depending on the decennial censuses. However, the diversity of sources also means differences in trends across sources and regions. A brief analysis of the latest available data is presented to identify the most recent trends and concerns in states that need attention, like north-western and eastern states of India.

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