Migration from North-East to Urban Centres: A Study of Delhi Region

It is only very recently that out-migration of natives of the North East Region to other localities in India became a problem of apprehension. Though the natives of the North East Region are traditionally believed to be rather reluctant to migrate for various reasons, out-migration from the North Eastern states has steadily been increasing in the recent past. An equally pressing reason is the socio-political unrest prevailing in most parts of the region. National Capital Region (NCR) - or broadly `Delhi Region’ - is one of the most favoured destinations of migrants from NER. Estimates suggest that currently in Delhi region, there are 90 to 100 thousand northeastern ethnic residence. Understanding the dynamics of the ever increasing migration and analysing its characteristics is important to arrive at appropriate policy formulations apropos maximising the benefits and minimising the adverse impacts of such a population transfer, both in the receiving cities as well as in the states of origin of the migrants. The present study on `Migration of Youth from North East to National Delhi Region’ is undertaken in this backdrop.