The vicissitude of Indian migration return policy and its driving factors
By comparing the passive non-interventionist'intellectual elites introduction'policy in the post-independence period of 1947 with the positive enlisting'group introduction'policy in the post-1998 period,the policy of return to India has changed considerably in terms of policy targets,policy instruments and policy attitudes.The policy has changed considerably.India's re-turn migration policy has undergone significant changes in terms of targets,instruments,and atti-tudes toward overseas Indians.India's return migration policy has extended its coverage from in-tellectual elite to general groups,shifted from a single economic instrument to a more flexible and diverse policy innovation,and shifted its policy attitude from negative'absorption'to posi-tive'enlisting'.India has developed its return migration policies in the national interest.The in-fluences driving these policy changes are mainly attributed to improvements in the domestic eco-nomic and social environment,changes in the philosophy of India's leaders,and conflicts and compromises in the partisan game.
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