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Migration of workers in India is at an all-time high with female workers migrating at twice the rate compared to their male counterparts in the 2000s, the Economic Survey 2016-17 released on Tuesday said. "The study based on the analyses of new data sources and new methodologies also shows that the migration is accelerating and was particularly pronounced for females,” an official statement said. Inter-state labour mobility averaged 5-6.5 million people between 2001 and 2011, yielding an inter-state migrant population of about 60 million and an inter-district migration as high as 80 million, the Survey showed.
