Sunday, November 22, 2009

TRENDS OF MIGRATION

TRENDS OF MIGRATION The pattern of internal migration in India may be divided into the fonowing: intra-state movement in the case of move­ment of people within the state itself, and inter-state movement when the migrants cross the borders of 'a state and settle down in another state.
The volume of inter-state migration in India is less than intra-state migration. Data analysis suggests that a major portion of intra-state migrants belonged to rural India while in the case of inter-st;ate category rural migrants accounted for more than 60 per cent.

Out-migration Imostly takes place from underdevel­oped states like Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala. Migrants had a tendency to move into compara~ively dt!veloped regions like West Bengal, Maharashtra, the National Capital Territory of Delhi, Chandigarh, and Andaman and, Nicobar Islands. Assam and Madhya Pradesh also witnessed in-migration but on a lesser scale.
Uneven development between regiorls is believed to be the major cause of migration. It is unfortunate that most of the major metropolitan cities of India are currently witnessing heavy in-migration and consequent population growth due to work opportunities offered by these cities. Cities like Delhi, for example, are badly affected by huge influx of migrants.

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