The Evolution Of Urban Migration

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Migration process has been one of most dynamic human activities from the very beginning of human life. During early days people used to move from one forest to another in search of forest products. When most of people divorced forest life and adopted civilized life they developed relationship with domesticated animals and fertile land. As a result, mobility of mankind changed considerably. They almost left a wanderer’s life and started developing settlements. Certainly at this stage also mobility of mankind did not stop at all. In fact people continued to move from one region to another in search of fertile land for developing cultivation. Afterwards, the nature of mobility frequently changed. The people moved from early civilized area to other …show more content…

Wage Employment Programmes an important component of the anti poverty strategy have sought to achieve multiple objectives. They not only provide employment opportunities during lean agricultural seasons but also in time of floods, drought and other natural calamities. They create rural infrastructure which support further economic activity. On the basis of a large sample survey in Bihar, kerala and Uttar Pradesh, that in all the urban areas of the three states, female migrants work participation rates are generally higher among Christians and Schedule castes/ Tribe whether married or unmarried and availability of high productivity jobs in the rural areas could reduce in migration to the urban areas. It is widely accepted that people move in search of employment and also from low wage to higher wage region – a rational choice to be able to earn more and improve their standard of …show more content…

Casual labour Persons engaged in others’ farm or non-farm enterprise (both household and non-household) and getting in return wages according to terms of the daily wage or periodic word contract are treated as casual labourers. Non-migrant A person who has not left from his or her birth place for any purpose and in any time is called as a non-migrant. TYPES OF MIGRATION Internal Migration Moving to a new home within a state, country, or continent. External Migration Moving to a new home in a different state, country, or continent. Emigration Leaving one country to move to

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