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Migration is the reflection of regional disparities. What socio-economic and demographic consequences are experienced at the place of origin and destination?

  • UPSC 2024
  • Settlements

Ernst Georg Ravenstein showed from British census birthplace data (1885, 1889) that most moves are short, that the dominant motive is economic and directs long-distance migrants to commercial centres, that every stream breeds a counter-stream, and that young adults predominate — a description that still fits India.

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  • Migration as the Signature of a Disparity Gradient
  • Consequences at the Place of Origin
  • Socio-economic
  • Demographic
  • Consequences at the Place of Destination
  • Judgement: Disparity Reflected, and Then Transmitted

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