TN Government Plans Survey to Understand in-Migration of Labourers from Other States, Implications for State’s Economy

The tamil nadu government is planning to undertake an inter-state migrant labour survey aimed at understanding in-migration, its changing pattern and implications for the state’s economy. The Commission of Labor has floated a tender for conducting the survey.

According to the Tender Document, the Estimated Population of Inter-State Migrant Labourers in Tamil Nadu is Around 35 Lakh. They are working in Various Sector, Including Construction, Mining, Quarries, Hospitality, Manufacturing, Textiles, and Shops and Shops and Other Commercial Establishments.

The proposed survey aims to understand migration (the process, mode of recruitment, and migration history), Analyse the working and living conditions (Accommodation, Food, and Food, and other liveings) of the migrants, Understand their Health Condition (Access to Health Check-Ups and Health Center), Undrstand their social welfare (social Security Schemes), and Provide Policy Suggestions.

It aims to cover all 38 districts, and would focus on individual migrants who have left their family behind and come to the state, and migrants with familys and children search in Varring In Various Working In Various Working In Various Working In Various Tamil Nadu. “The survey will cover a 100% enumeration of these works and not a sample one,” as per the survey implementation plan.

The target group of the study are migrant works who have live less secure jobs and are vulnerable, and would include migrants from Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, BIRARCHAR PRADAR, BIHAR PRADESH, JARKHAND, JARKHAND, and the northeast.

In 2015, The Tamil Nadu Migration Survey was conducted by the center for development study, thiruvananthapuram, and the tamil nadu government, with support from loyola colleges, Chennai, Chennai, and Manonmaniam Sundanaranari University, Tirunelveli, and with a Sample Size of 20,000. “The inter-state in-migration in tamil nadu seems to be an urban phenomenon as the majority of the population migraining from other states is enumerated in the urban areas,” It said.

In 2016, a Survey on Inter-State Migrants was undertaken in Chennai, Kancheepuram, and Tiruvallur Districts by Loyola Institute of Social Science Training and Research of Loyola College, and Indian Social Institute, Bengaluru. The survey, with a sample size of 730, said that about 85% of the respondents was from Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, Assam, West Bengal, And Jharkhand.

As per the ‘report on life and times of migrant works in Chennai Region – 2024-25’, Released by the State Planning Commission, A Majority of the Migrant Workers in Chennai Region (CHENGALPATUTUTURA (CHENGALPATUTUTURA, CANGALPATUMAM And tiruvallur districts) Were from the Eastern and Northeastern Regions of the Country, Particularly from Bihar, Odisha, and Assam.

Earlier this month, the union ministry of labore and Employment informed parliament that the number of unorganized works, including Migrant Workers, Registered on the Eshram Portal (2025) in Tamil Nadu Stood at 93,15,434.

Published – August 20, 2025 06:12 PM IST