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Write short note: Rural urban migration.

  • UPSC 1984
  • Population Dynamics

Rural-to-urban migration is the movement of population from villages to towns for work. It is not India's largest stream by volume — rural-to-rural marriage migration is — but it is the decisive one, transferring labour out of agriculture and remaking both village and city.

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  • The classical frame
  • Push and pull in the Indian case
  • What migration produces
  • Conclusion

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