INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH X 7 Volume : 6 | Issue : 6 | June 2016 | ISSN - 2249-555X | IF : 3.919 | IC Value : 74.50 RESEARCH PAPER Internal migration: An analysis of Problems faced by the migrants in India- A step to the solution *Ansari P A. Research Scholar ( Human Rights ) Department of Political Science Aligarh Muslim University Political Science ABSTRACT According to a UNESCO report entitled Social Inclusion of Internal Migrants in India (2013), three out of ten Indians are internal migrants. The population of internal migrants in India went up from 309 million in 2001 to 400 million in 2011. Migrants today face crucial problems regarding their identity , child education , health is- sues , problems faced by female migrants, legal aid, and other disputes. To over come these problems and to enhance the betterment and progress of migrant workers in India , some serious measures should be taken by the government and civil societies including NGOs. This paper tries to focus on some problems and its measures can be adopted for the betterment of internal migrants in india thus we can move together to a social progress. INTRODUCTION Man has been known for his mobility even in the Palaeo- lithic age. Human history is full of the accounts of migra- tion in search of places to settle. Migratory group of peo- ple have established new empires and have colonized many countries. Such international migrations have, how- ever, declined in recent times 1 . However in today’s world Modern migration is generally the migration of labour in response to the economic changes. In developing countries of Asia, migration is the result of high fertility and lack of job opportunities. Rapid urbanisation and growing economic opportunities are some of its manifesta- tion 2 .The absurd poverty in the rural areas and emergence of developing opportunities especially in un-organised sector leads the larger mileage for internal migration in India. Indian constitution provides basic freedom to move to any part of the country, right to reside and earn livelihood of their choice. Thus, migrants are not required to register ei- ther at the place of origin or at the place of destination. A number of economic, social, cultural and political fac- tors play an important role in the decision to move. The effects of these factors vary over time and place. Today, Internal migrants in India have almost touch 400 million in the 2011 census, over half the global igure of 740 million and almost twice as many as China’s estimated 221 million. These internal migrants, comprising a third of India’s popu- lation, are estimated to account for remittances anywhere between Rs 70,000 crore and Rs 120,000 crore.  OBJECTIVES This paper has been outlined with the following objectives. 1. To explain the concept of Internal Migration 2. To study the status of Internal migrants in India with a special focus on Kerala state 3. To examine the challenges/threats faced by the mi- grant society 4. To explore the issues and suggest solid solutions for the inclusiveness of migrants, and 5. To analyse the living and working conditions of the migrant labourers after getting employed in the con- struction and hotel sector, mainly un-organised sector. METHODOLOGY This study relies mostly on information gathered from sec- KEYWORDS ondary sorses such as government reports, journals, books ,case studies, articles, research papers, NGO studies and reliable websites. Descriptive method is followed. This study also tries to suggest new measures and policies to be implemented for the betterment and progress of mi- grant workers. DEFINITION OF MIGRATION Migration is deined as a move from one migration dein- ing area to another, usually crossing administrative bound- aries made during a given migration interval and involving a change of residence.Internal migration involves a change of residence with in national borders.(UNESCO2012). Mi- gration is the process of leaving one’s home or usual place of residence to move to a new area or location in search of work, livelihood or a better quality of life, as a result of marriage, to escape persecution or because of displace- ment 3 ( UNESCO 2015). The change in residence can take place either permanent or semipermanentor temporary basis (Premi, 1990). Inter- nal migration involves a change of residence within na- tional borders (Dang 2005). Analysis of migration pattern is important to understand the changes taking place in the people’s movement within the country. It is most volatile component of population growth and most sensitive to economic, political and cultural factors (Singh, 1998). According to a UNESCO report entitled Social Inclusion of Internal Migrants in India (2013), three out of ten Indians are internal migrants. The population of internal migrants in India went up from 309 million in 2001 to 400 million in 2011. Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha, Utta- rakhand and Tamil Nadu are identiied as the lead source states of internal migrants, whereas key destination areas are Delhi, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Haryana, Punjab, Kar- nataka and Kerala. The cities of Mumbai, Delhi, and Kol- kata are all among the world’s top ten most populous urban areas, and India has 25 of the 100 fastest-growing cities worldwide. 2011 census data show that for the irst time, India’s urban population has grown faster than its rural population since the last census. 31% percent of India’spopulation is now classiied as urban, up from al- most 28 percent in 2001. In 2007-08, the NSS Survey measured the migration rate (the proportion of migrants in the population) in urban areas at 35 percent 4 .