New Delhi, May 14 -- n India recorded 5.4 million displacements in 2024 due to floods, storms and other disasters, the highest figure in 12 years. The number of people internally displaced within their own countries soared to 83.4 million by the end of 2024-the highest figure ever recorded. This has been revealed by the Geneva-based Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) in its annual report.
IDMC said that two-thirds of the internal displacements in India were triggered by floods. The most intense floods in more than a decade struck the state of Assam in 2024, triggering 2.5 million internal displacements.
According to the IDMC report, the country recorded 1,700 displacements associated with violence -fewer than in 2023 when comm...