Using survey data collected from 5,000 households across 12 states, the authors show that households with returned migrants are worse off than others, and have had to resort to strategies related to adjusting their food habits, borrowing to finance exp... Source: IFPRI South Asia Office
One nation one ration card can transform lives
On June 27, Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan announced plans to move towards a system of ‘One Nation One Ration Card’ (ONORC). The system, once introduced, would enable beneficiaries to get their quota of grains from any ration shop of their own choice across the country. The ONORC system is of considerable utility to migrants. Source: IFPRI South Asia Office
Sea-level rise to make 0.2m internal migrants
Increased soil salinity for sea-level rises is likely to make nearly 0.2 million coastal residents internally displaced in Bangladesh, a study showed. The climate-induced changes will force them to migrate to inland areas to find alternate livelihoods, it said on Monday. The study examined, for the first time, a complex link between flooding, soil salinity, […] Source: IFPRI Bangladesh Country Office
