Pattern and determinants of internal migration in Punjab: Evidence from population census data

The paper unrivalled that how the economic development and migration intimately related to each other in the case of Punjab, where the success of Green Revolution strategy attracted influx of migratory labour. The available census data of 1981-2001 on the migration inflows in the state revealed that internal migration had picked up rapidly during the 1990s. Compared to the intra-state (short distance) movement, inter-state (long distance) migration grew faster here. Basically, this paper deals with the theoretical reinterpretations and policy implications of internal migration in the state. To understand trends and determinants of internal migrants, various migration parameters such as the types and streams of migration were discussed. These migration trends were calculated by analysing the secondary data flowing from the Migration Tables of 1981, 1991 and 2001. In addition, it has tried to suggest an alternate public policy to overcome socio-economic problem arises due to such migration.