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  Covid-19 Pandemic and Internal Migration in India List of Contents Introduction The amount of Internal Migrants in India Causes of Internal Migration in India Impact of Covid-19 pandemic on internal migration Impact of the pandemic on internal migrants Impact of the pandemic induced reverse migration on economy Suggestions for improving the conditions of internal migrants Conclusion Introduction As per the 2011 census, there are  450   million  (38% of the population) internal migrants in India. The World Bank report titled  ‘ Migration and Development Brief ’  mentions that nearly  40 million internal migrants  are affected by the Covid-19 Pandemic. Further, the Internal migrants in India faced various challenges in their migrated state, migration path and home state. The Covid-19 second wave is presently forcing states to implement lockdown. This once again highlighted the challenges faced by internal migrants in India. The amount of Internal ...

  Prime minister employment generation programme (PMEGP) About the scheme: It is a  central sector credit linked subsidy scheme  being implemented by the Ministry of MSME since 2008-09. It  assists first generation entrepreneurs for setting up micro enterprises  across the country. The entire process of application and fund flow right from receipt of application to sanction and release of loan by banks to the applicants has been made online through only  one Government portal run by Khadi and Village Industries Commission.  The whole process is  totally free of cost. No private agency, middlemen or franchise is engaged or authorized for promoting and sanctioning PMEGP projects or providing any financial assistance under PMEGP scheme

  S ociology – Main Syllabus Paper – I FUNDAMENTALS OF SOCIOLOGY 1. Sociology – The Discipline Modernity and social changes in Europe and emergence of sociology. Scope of the subject and comparison with other social sciences. Sociology and common sense . 2. Sociology as Science: Science, scientific method and critique. Major theoretical strands of research methodology. Positivism and its critique. Fact value and objectivity. Non- positivist methodologies. 3. Research Methods and Analysis: Qualitative and quantitative methods. Techniques of data collection. Variables, sampling, hypothesis, reliability and validity. 4. Sociological Thinkers: Karl Marx- Historical materialism, mode of production, alienation, class struggle. Emile Durkheim- Division of labour, social fact, suicide, religion and society. Max Weber- Social action, ideal types, authority, bureaucracy, protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism. Talcolt Parsons- Social system, pattern variables. Robert K. Merton- Latent...