SURVEY ON MIGRATION IN THE COUNTRY

• A nationwide household survey proposed by the National Statistics Office (NSO) under MoSPI to be conducted during July 2026 – June 2027 to capture extent, patterns and reasons of migration.
• First dedicated, standalone NSS migration survey since the NSS 64th Round (2007–08); most recent migration data so far came piggybacked on PLFS 2020–21 and Multiple Indicator Survey (MIS) 2020–21.
• Critical for tracking labour mobility, remittance flows, return/seasonal migration and informing welfare-portability schemes (e.g. One Nation One Ration Card, e-Shram).