IDU: Daily Internal Displacement Flows for India

India-focused data on daily new internal displacements caused by conflicts and disasters. The dataset provides provisional event data updated daily by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC), representing the most recent information on displacement flows. Finalized and validated estimates are later published in the annual Global Internal Displacement Database (GIDD).

Use Cases

• Monitor daily displacement trends based on provisional event data mentioned in the description
• Analyze conflict and disaster impacts based on the reported causes of displacement
• Provide early insights for humanitarian response planning based on the daily update frequency
• Compare provisional flow data with finalized annual stock data from the GIDD

Strengths

• Updated daily, offering timely insights into new displacement events
• Focuses on displacement 'flows' (new movements), a key metric for event analysis
• Sourced from the authoritative Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC)
• Available via API for programmatic access

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Data is provisional and may be subject to revision and double-counting, as noted in the description

Provenance

Source

Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC)

Collection Method

Aggregated from various publishers or sources providing initial assessments of displacements.

Time Range

Event data reported since the beginning of 2025.

Freshness

Updated daily; last metadata update was 2026-05-15 05:39:32.946495

Geography

India