FIFTY YEARS OF INDIAN IMMIGRATION TO THE USA

Fifty Years Ago.

Did you know that the quota existing for Indian immigrants to the USA in 1954-55 was only 100 per year! A newspaper report says that, the number of Indians migrating to the USA between July 1, 1954 and June 30, 1955 was 116, inclusive of 33 persons who entered that country as non-immigrants and whose status was later adjusted to that of immigrants. This point was discussed in the Lok Sabha on May 22, 1956. One of the members asked the concerned minister whether India proposed to move the US for a ‘little increase in this quota’. The minister replied, ‘As far as we know, even this quota of 100 is not filled up every year’!

Read on for the current situation………

With Mexico being the undisputed Numero Uno in immigration to the United States, both legal and illegal, the battle rages on for claiming second place honors for the coveted Numero Dos award. And the current leader is—India.The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and its Office of Immigration Statistics (OIS) in the USA keep tabs on immigration statistics with their annual yearbooks released at the end of each fiscal year. The latest offering from September, 2004, shows India winning the battle for second place in naturalized American citizens. [Yearbook of immigration statistics for 2003 -- PDF, page 134]:

“Mexico was the leading country of birth for persons naturalizing in 2003, accounting for 56,093 new citizens. Other major countries of birth for persons naturalizing in 2003 were India (29,790), the Philippines (29,081) Vietnam (25,995), the People’s Republic of China (24,014). . .”

Source: http://www.vdare.com/mann/050228_indians.htm

IN A BLUE MOOD AT THE COSTA DEL SOL - APRIL, 2006

 

THE INDUSTRIAL SCENE IN INDIA - A HUNDRED YEARS AGO

I found the following details from a most unlikely source – the ‘Prabuddha Bharata’ magazine published by the Ramakrishna Mission! Here are the facts, selected from the issue dated May, 1906:

Breweries: 23, Cotton mills: 132, Distilleries: 20, Flour mills: 34, Ice factories: 47, Ironworks: 28, Jute mills:34, Mica works: 12, Oil mills: 56, Paper mills: 10, Potteries: 13, Rice mills(including those of Burma): 26, Saw mills: 28, Silk factories: 16, Sugar factories: 17, Tanneries: 17 Tobacco factories: 11, Woolen mills: 7.

Well, at least we had some industries back in 1906!