Issues of Migration in Nagaland

rise in education and literacy rate, the state has produced technically skilled persons

like doctors, engineers, teachers, etc. Apart from the contribution of the skilled

migrants, unskilled migrant ’s casual workers too have contributed a lot in developing

the labour scarce state before. But there are also problems associated with migration

like loss of jobs and income for the native people in the state. Thus to checked the

unabated flow of migration in the state certain policy implication are laid down here.

1. Selected migration in the state should be adopted as in the case of developed

countries. It can be done by selectively issuing Inner Line Permit to migrants

wanting to enter the state instead of issuing it randomly.

2. Equal wage rate for the natives and migrants workers (especially casual workers)

have to be fixed by the government from time to time. This will reduce the

demand for cheaper labourers and will have a great impact on migration in the

state.

3. To counter the rising unemployment problem in the state, the native should

learn the art of entrepreneurship from the migrants and venture in those areas.

4. The distinction of local job and non-local job has to be erased from the mindset

of the native people if they want to sustain themselves without depending on

outsiders.

5. To checked rapid urbanisation, agricultural marketing should be emphasised

and proper physical infrastructure be developed in the rural areas. This will

reduce the rural to urban migration to a great extent.

6. The employment of migrant workers in the farm especially on the foothills

should be done on hiring wage basis and not on fifty-fifty basis.

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India, November 2011.

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