An all-India survey on the situation of employment and unemployment and migration particulars in India was carried out during NSS 64th round (July, 2007 to June, 2008). The
collection of information on the employment and unemployment part of the schedule particulars was as a part of the annual series of the National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) which was started in NSS 60th round and repeated in NSS 62nd round. In this round, the scope of the survey on employment and unemployment was further widened with the collection of information on migration particulars of the households, of the household members and of the out-migrants. In this survey, a nationwide enquiry was conducted in a moderately large sample of households to provide estimates on various characteristics pertaining to employment and unemployment and migration in India and some characteristics associated with them at the national and state levels. Based on the data collected during the survey period, estimates pertaining to migration in India along with various characteristics associated with these have been presented in this report.
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