India needs a national migration policy, not election-season rhetoric

There is, thus, a serious case for introspection on migration. According to the 2011 census, India’s last available official data-set, the country had 456 million migrants in 2011 (38% of the population), compared with 315 million (31%) migrants in 2001. And, so, while the national population grew 18% during this period, the number of migrants increased by 45%.