The data for 2016-17 shows Bihar contributes 15 per cent of the total emigrants from India, behind Uttar Pradesh (30 per cent). State labour resources minister Vijay Prakash said: "The government does not have district-wise data on emigrants. "In almost all the cases, actual and potential migrants indicated that they knew their migration was temporary," the report said. "The positive side of Bihar having increased in migration numbers is that it also increases remittances resulting out of high value migration. Gupta, however, accepted that drought may be one of the factors responsible for migration as pointed out by the PGoE.

Source: The Telegraph January 27, 2017 21:49 UTC