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title: "Working Group on Migration 2017 (MoHUA) — Definition"
description: "The Working Group on Migration 2017 was a MoHUA expert committee on internal migrants in India, proposing portable welfare and rental housing. Key for UPSC GS1."
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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

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- The Working Group on Migration 2017 was an expert committee constituted by India's Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs to recommend policy on internal migrants' housing, welfare, and rights.
- Who chaired the Working Group on Migration 2017 and which ministry constituted it?
- What were the Working Group's principal recommendations?
- How did the Working Group's recommendations relate to the COVID-19 migrant crisis of 2020?
- How is the Working Group on Migration 2017 different from the Inter-State Migrant Workmen Act, 1979?

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