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Internal migration has been a defining feature of India's economy. The number of migrants has been estimated at different times. Migration Report of 2020-21 estimates the rate of migration at 28.9% and 10.8 % for job seekers. Another estimate puts the number of labour migrants at 20% of the number of workers and the number in 2016 was assessed at 10 crores. Out of 450 million migrants recorded in the Census 2011, an estimated 100-140 million are labour migrants, many of them seasonal or circular. They form the backbone of urban and rural economies, yet remain among the most vulnerable sections of the workforce.
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