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A regional consultation with the Migrant Youth was organized at Sadbhabana Sabhagruha, Collectorate of Nuapada on 26th February 2013 jointly by the District Administration, Nuapada, Sports and Youth Services Department and United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). The objective of the consultation was to discuss and deliberate upon the critical issues pertaining to the Youth and Migration in Nuapada in particular and Odisha in general to provide inputs for addressing the issues while formulating the Odisha State Youth Policy, 2013. More than 90 participants (80 % being migrant youth and 45% women), along with NGOs working on migrant issues, representatives from key line departments, Police Officers from the districts of Nuapada, Bolangir and Kalahandi participated in the consultation. Nuapada declared as one of the country''s most backward districts has a population of 606,000 (approx., 2011 census) 50 % of which belonging to Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes. A non-profit organization’s study show around 100,000 people migrated in distress from the district (2010). Another non-profit organization, Migration Information and Resource Centre (MIRC) study, notes that more than 80 per cent of migrant children and adolescents from this district work with their parents. The study also notes that 10 per cent of the total migrants are in the age group of 6-14, who lose education for seven months in a year. The rate of rural migration was abnormally high by 483 per cent in Nuapada district while the state average was 116 percent (CAG report, 2010). Smt. GuhaPoonam Tapas Kumar, IAS. Collector & District Magistrate, Nuapada mentioned areas to be considered for inclusion and participation of migrant youths to arrest distress migration for a progressive youth policy for the state. She shared the district administration’s plan for mapping the migration trend. Mr. Umi Daniel, Head of Migration theme in Aide ET Action in South Asia, mentioned that migrant youths mostly remain excluded from social security and entitlement both in their native and in the urban locations where they migrate. Intra and interstate collaboration is required to address this issue, he opined. Proper implementation of social security schemes, especially MGNREGS, information centres for migrant workers in the blocks offices, skill based training centres for youths, ensuring minimum support prices for farmers, registers to be maintained by panchayat about the migrant individuals and families, mobile schools for children of migrant workers were some of the suggestions from the participants. Mr. Pradip Kumar Nayak, OAS, PD, DRDA, stated the need of interdepartmental convergence plans to address migration in the district.
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MGNREGS, migrant youth, Odisha state, interstate, workers, skill based training, youth, migration, farmers, panchayat, schools, children, intra, minimum support prices, Nuapada, Odisha state youth policy, women
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