Migration is often termed as a movement from one place to another but the movement is influenced by various socio economic factors which vary country wise or region wise. Migration needs to be analysed as a social, economic and cultural process in which human capital and social network play a major part. Rural-urban migration, or internal migration, is in essence a change in the spatial distribution of population in a given country over time. Migration and the change in population distribution are influenced by specific characteristics of the economic development process and by various stages of development in a country. It is a known fact that people are moving for economic reasons but this migration in large scale adversely affects the prevailing conditions in both rural and urban areas. Huge flow of human capital from villages to cities results in loss to farm sector that poses threat to existence of villages itself. This article tries to throw light on the probable causes and consequences of migration and its overall impact on the laudable concepts of Smart Cities and Smart Villages.
Migration, Equilibrium, Smart Cities, Smart Villages, India, Census, Demography, Economy, Society
