Handbook of Internal Migration in India is an inter-disciplinary, multi-faceted and thought-provoking book on internal migrants and their dynamics among the states in India. The first of its kind, this handbook provides novel information on processes, trends, determinants, differentials and dynamics of internal migration and its inter-linkages with individuals, families, economy and society. Most of the chapters have been written by scholars of repute who have spent their lifetime working on migration and the factors associated with it. This handbook is an attempt to address the lacunae in internal migration studies using both big data, such as Indian censuses, National Sample Surveys, India Human Development Surveys and Kerala Migration Surveys, and micro-level data collected by enthusiastic researchers in most parts of India to explore the unknown facets of internal migration. This book employs interdisciplinary and mixed methods to examine issues such as climate change, gender, urbanization, caste/tribe, religion, politics and emergence of migration policies. It addresses the crucial question as to why temporary and short-term migration continues to be an important livelihood strategy for millions of migrants thereby having an everlasting impact on the sociopolitical and economic structure of the country. Contents: Foreword by Vinod Mishra Preface Part I: Introduction S. Irudaya Rajan and Sumeetha M. Migrant Odysseys Part II: Macro Perspectives Santosh Mehrotra Employment, Urbanization and Education: Migration’s Mega Challenges Arup Mitra Rural Migrants with Urban Jobs M. Imran Khan Labour Migration: Trends and Characteristics Sandhya R. Mahapatro Internal Migration: Emerging Patterns Bhaswati Das and Rajni Singh Domestic Remittances Pinak Sarkar Associated Gains from Migration Part III: State-Level Perspectives Floriane Bolazzi Labour Casualization and Spatial Mobility Kunal Keshri Temporary Labour Migration S. Irudaya Rajan, K. C. Zachariah and S. Sunitha Student Migration Rukmini Thapa Building Resilience: Compulsions and Challenges Aijaz Ahmad Turrey and Tulika Tripathi Impact of Migration on the Local Labour Markets S. Irudaya Rajan, Bernard D' Sami, S. Samuel Asir Raj and P. Sivakumar Demographic and Social Profile S. Amuthan Impact of Rural Out-Migration M. S. Raunaq Migration and Widening Labour Divide Nandan Kumar Diversification of Household Labour Manasi Mahanty Distress Migration Part IV: Migration and Caste Kalyani Vartak and Chinmay Tumbe Migration and Caste Amitabh Kundu Migration Trend and Vulnerable Populations Sumeetha Mokkil Maruthur Labour Process in Migration Nidhin Donald Nasrani Nasrani Family Histories and Migration Bhagyoday Khandare, Himanshu Chaurasia and Sunil Sarode Tribal Migration Anjali Borhade, Milind Babar, Isha Jain, Vishika Yadav, Pallavi Joshi, Karthik Prabhu, Ajay Shekhawat and Subhojit Dey The Saga of Tribal Livelihood Migration Part V: Migration and Gender Amrita Datta Gendered Spatialities Jajati K. Parida and S Maheswaran Unexplored Facets of Female Migration Sonia Krishna Kurup Female Caste-based Labour Migration Sunetra Ghatak Women’s Economic Migration Tina Dutta and Annapurna Shaw Middle Class Women’s Migration S. Irudaya Rajan and Sumeetha M Women Workers on the Move Neha Rai Narratives of Left Behind Women Part VI: Migration and Urbanization R. B. Bhagat Urban Migration and Policy Issues Jajati K. Parida and Ravi K. Raman Migration and Urbanization Renu Desai and Shachi Sanghvi Circular Migration and Urban Housing Arvind Pandey and Ajit Jha Occupational Mobility in Migrants Namrata Ahirwar and Kunal Keshri Maternal Healthcare in Slums Part VII: Migration and Politics Samir Kumar Das Displacement and the Biopolitics of Development Ranabir Samaddar Migrant, City and Changing Lives M. Suresh Babu, Mansi Wadhwa and M. Vijayabaskar Adverse Incorporations and Subnational Welfarism Charvaak Pati Spaces of Alienation and Resistance Shahana Purveen Politics of Sons of Soil Part VIII: Emerging Issues Deepak K. Mishra Nature of ‘Unfreedom’ among Migrants Avijit Mistri Climate Change and Migration Nexus Amrita Sharma and Divya Varma Behind the Shining Brick and Mortar Rabiul Ansary and Bhaswati Das Cyclical Mobility S. Irudaya Rajan, I. V. Prasad and Rinju Migrant and Language Madhusudan Nag Family Migration Divya Varma and Amrita Sharma Precarious Employment in Power Looms Rikil Chyrmang Economic Inequality and Migration Helga Thomas and Govindappa Lakshmana Needs of Migrants Part IX: Migration Policy Meera Sethi and Debolina Kundu Migration Policy: Where Do We Stand? Varun Aggarwal and Saniya Singh Integration Policies for Interstate Migrants Nabeela Ahmed Vulnerability and Social Protection Access Divya Ravindranath Access to Maternal Health Programme Ansari P. A. and Caroline Osella Challenges to Stakeholders Vicky Nandgaye Exclusion of Migrants in Policy S. Irudaya Rajan and U. S. Mishra Migration and Financial Transfers Index