Gotta Keep on Movin’: 2018 In Review

International Migrants Day Special

Migration has always been an essential component of human society but has never been more politicised. This is a crucial period, and we are working with great urgency to ensure India is on the right side of history in this debate.

India Migration Now was started in February 2018, out of the coffee shops of Bombay. With a mission of ensuring that India captures the opportunities that migration offers, we started building the most comprehensive data, research and policy repositories covering migration within India, from India and into India.

Our team consists of migration researchers, statisticians and communication professionals. It is spread all over India, with a large global network of advisors and collaborators.

Through our initiatives, we are helping the Indian private sector create suitable goods and services for migrants, advocating for policies that ensure the rights and needs of migrant households and producing research and narrating stories to change the overall perception of migration.

IMN has 4 parallel policy initiatives:

Inter-State Migrant Policy Index (IMPEX)
Tracking and evaluating immigrant policies of the major destinations for Indian emigrants
Consultation paper for the proposed Emigration Management Bill
Exploring the addition of India to the Migrant Integration Policy Index(MIPEX)

We’ll explore each of these initiatives in greater details in future newsletters, podcasts and blogs.

Gotta Keep on Moving is our monthly newsletter bringing you the latest research, policies, stories and more about migration in India. Our curated readership has grown rapidly and now includes members of the private sector, multilateral, central and regional policymakers, research institutes across the globe and media houses all over India.