Chairperson,
Globalization is the buzz word of the day which emphasizes on free flow of capital, goods and manpower across the national boundaries followed by culture and traditions, having impact on the socio-political set up of the entire world as well as individual nation. This process in in its the present context emerged in the U.K and the USA in late eighties (1980s) and was adopted in India by the Rao-Man Mohan Singh led Congress Government in nineties. The transport and ICT revolutions as well as rapid growth of economy made the world more confined and interactive and paved way for rapid transit of capital, goods and manpower across the boarders under the impact of GATT and WTO. However, this flow did not remain uniform and free from the halt and hesitant. The capital and goods are moving from developed world to 3rd world which is reverse in case of manpower. Indian economy also got a big boost under the impact of globalization in terms of per capita income, GDP rate as well as in growth of economy both in size and gravity. Not only the number of millionaires has increased rapidly, but also the entire economy has rapidly shifted from primary sector to ISB sector. Urbanization and Migration are the natural byproducts of globalization. Multi-National Corporations(MNCs) have flourished in era of globalization both in number and gravity, rendering wide job opportunities and better livelihood conditions in urban areas to the people accelerating mass migration not only within the national boundaries but also beyond it. It has adversely affected the urbanization process leading to unplanned and haphazard growth in urban areas poking many challenges to urbania like shortage of houses, infrastructure, public transport, electricity, water and other civic amenities, besides the problems of pollution and environmental degradation. Moreover, the socio-economic disparities in Indian society are on the unimaginable height as most of the migrant population in the country is not in a position to afford and avail the basic amenities of cities, hence forced to live in substandard area or resulting into evolution of slums which are blots on the civilization and development. As the LPG process has completed two decades in India, hence a modest attempt has been made in the present paper to highlight the process of globalization and to assess its consequences on Indian demography particularly on growth of cities, migration and population explosion therein. Challenges to civic bodies as well as migrant population and its impact on the people as a whole has been examined in this write
Globalization is the buzz word of the day having sweet and sour impacts. It is the process in which the capital, goods and manpower (primarily) exchange freely across the nations boundary followed by culture and traditions. It has its own impact on the socio-political set up of the entire world as well as individual nations. The process of globalization in the present context emerged with initiatives taken by Marget Thature (the U.K) and Ronald Reagan (the USA) in late eighties (1980s), but, it was made effective in India in 1991s when the Rao-Man Mohan Singh led Government of Congress Party opened Indian economy for LPG process. The revolution in means of transport and communication (IT, Computer, Internet etc.) on one hand and rapid growth of economy on the other, made world more confined and interactive. Accordingly, the free flow of capital, goods and manpower across the boarders in light of GATT and WTO was advocated.
