This report presents the results of the deliberations of the Task Force. Section one provides the background. Section two presents the status of the implementation of March 2010 recommendations contained in the First Report. It then describes the deliberations of the Task Force regarding the...

This paper tries to look into the status of poverty and multiple deprivations among tribal communities in the state and explores policy options for strengthening their livelihoods through a combination of forest and nonforest based interventions.

This paper reviews the development of the social security system and trends in the urban labor market in the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Despite its remarkable economic achievement, the PRC faces a difficult path before it can reform and improve its social security system and...

This paper tries to focus on the method to assess the magnitude of short/seasonal migration based on its broad characteristics. It attempts to analyse the contrasting characteristics of short duration and permanent migration. The study applies the widely recognised demographic technique of...

Much of the socioeconomic mobility achieved by U.S. immigrant families takes place across rather than within generations. When assessing the long-term integration of immigrants, it is therefore important to analyze differences not just between the foreign-born and U.S-born, but also across...

Government resolution (GR) by Maharashtra government for migrant workers from drought areas. [Government of Maharashtra]. URL:[https://www.maharashtra.gov.in/Site/Upload/Government%20Resolutions/English/201302261456548906.pdf].

Budget speech by finance minister Dr. Thomas Issac