Rao, Sandeep ORCID: 0000-0001-7752-4492 and Andini, Veena ORCID: 0000-0001-5206-3124 (2018) Migration estimation in India: a monsoon migration model. Journal of Rural Development, 37 (1). ISSN 0970-3357
Abstract
Rural-Urban and Rural-Rural migration has become one of the most common phenomena of population demographic changes. Several factors which contribute towards the improvement of the livelihood and opportunities to the migrated labourers have been studied. More than 69 per cent of the 1.21 billion people live in rural India (2011 Census) and agriculture is their main source of income. Agriculture contributes to 18 per cent to the GDP of India. Due to lack of adequate public irrigation facilities, most of these farmers are dependent heavily on monsoon as the main source of water for agriculture. Since a large percentage of these farmers are into subsistence farming, they lack the capital required to set up their own irrigation facilities. When the monsoon fails, or when there is excess rain, there is loss of crop and hence rural-to-urban migration results.
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Item Type: | Article (Published) |
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Refereed: | Yes |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | migration; extreme rainfall; climate change |
Subjects: | Social Sciences > Migration |
DCU Faculties and Centres: | DCU Faculties and Schools > DCU Business School |
Publisher: | National Institute of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj (NIRD&PJ) |
Official URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.25175/jrd/2018/v37/i1/122691 |
Copyright Information: | © 2018 National Institute of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj |
Use License: | This item is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. View License |
ID Code: | 25102 |
Deposited On: | 21 Oct 2020 14:04 by Sandeep Keshava Rao . Last Modified 21 Oct 2020 14:04 |
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