Rehabilitation and Compensation of Migrants after Partition

Author : Pushpa

After the 1947 partition of India, a huge population migrated on both sides. This was a very big challenge for the government to rehabilitate the refugees. Many persons lost their employment therefore the government has to reemploy them with compensation. The situation became more alarming due to meager funds available with the government of that time; this situation has been discussed in the present paper for the migrants of Punjab.

Keywords: Compensation, Rehabilitation, Refugees