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scarcity or depletion has induced this movement (Davis, 1974). The reasons

encouraging an individual to migrate were categorized as “push” or “pull” factors

(globalization 101, 2015). Push factors come in when people are left with no choice

but to leave their country of origin. There are many push factors which drives

people to emigrate from their home countries. The push factor includes, Lack of

Jobs or abstract Poverty which is the main driving factor behind migration, Civil

Strife/War/Political and Religious Persecution in one’s own home/area compel some

people to move away from their home and environmental problems and natural

disasters which often cause the loss of money, homes, and jobs. Pull factor happens

when people are attracted to move to a particular area or place from their own

home. The pull factor includes higher standards of living or higher wages which act

as the biggest pull factors for potential migrants, Labour Demand by the developed

countries and the existence of tolerant government policies with regards to religion,

race, political views and so on may make certain countries more attractive to potential

migrants. The era of globalisation saw rapid migration around the world over the

recent years. Many studies suggest that selected Migration and country’s economic

growth are positively related as in the case of U.S where the best brains or skilled

persons are given easy access to their country thereby boosting up their economy.

But in many cases, the unrestricted flow becomes a problem as natives often losses

employment and income.

In India, there has been out migration in search of better employment to other

country over the years. This is mainly due to higher wages or incentives other

country offers more than their home country. This has lead to a brain drain of the

country human resources. In the case of Naga’s, the theories or oral tradition has it

that the Naga’s migrated from somewhere in the South-east Asia. This theory has

been substantiated by the fact that the Naga’s belonged to Mongolian race. However,

no empirical research has yet been done to verify the route or the origin of Naga

migration. But it has been assumed that the Naga’s have migrated from some Asian

countries till they settled permanently in the present day political areas of North-east

India and the northern part of Myanmar. The present state of Nagaland, which was

established in 1963 has an area of 16579 sq. Km with a population density of 119 per

sq. Km. Presently the total population of the state is 19, 78, 602, out of this total 17,

10, 973 are tribal who are mostly the indigenous people of the state. The rest are

mostly migrants who migrated to Nagaland for better lives after 1963. The state

which is still in a developing stage has large number of migrant workers both skilled

and unskilled in the urban centres as well as in the rural areas but during the recent

years it has been faced with the problems of migration. Thus, taking into account all

the push and pull factor of migration, this article tries to explain the reason for the in

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