Global Report on Internal Displacement (GRID), 2020

IN NEWS:

• The Global Report on Internal Displacement (GRID 2020) was recently released.

ABOUT THE REPORT:

• The report is published by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC), which is a part of the Norwegian Refugee Council.
• According to the report, nearly five million people were displaced in India in 2019, the highest in the world so far.
• The displacements were prompted by increased hazard intensity, high population and social and economic vulnerability.

PRELIMS QUESTION:

Q. Which of the following agency publishes the ‘Global Report on Internal Displacement’:

1. Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre
2. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
3. United Nations Human Rights Council
4. Amnesty International

Answer to Prelims question