Online published on 28 February, 2020.
Economic wellbeing of a country depends on the overall growth of each and every segment of the country and each and every groups of population leaving in various segments. But hardly any country can achieve simultaneous growth in each and every region which creates the problem of inequality and growth imbalance. This may be the be the basic focal point which give rises the concept of human movement from one place to another due to basic structural imbalances between these two places. The reasons for migration may vary country or region wise but the exiting socio-economic condition in migrant's place of origin plays a crucial role in to take a decision to migrate from one place to another. Various migration literatures indicate that people migrate for better living conditions, better job opportunities or to live in a better environment. Sometimes, migrants move individually or if things permit they intend to move along with their family members. Thus, migration is a selective process which involves role of the family members also. Side by side decision to migrate also depends on prevailing socio, economical and demographic characteristics of that place. But the overall impact of migration creates a mixed situation towards the life of migrants and their family members. Although migration has satisfactory impact on individuals, still most of the migration is in the nature of forced migration, where people compelled to move due various factors. This situation may create a negative impact of migration. Thus, the main fundamental question remains is that, people those are decided to move-does it help them to make their livelihood better compared to non migration situation. The present study aims to answer the question by identifying the reasons that affecting the migration decision and subsequently suggest possible recommendations, which if implemented properly then the process of migration can be utilized for the overall development of both sending areas as well as receiving areas. The thesis is divided into five chapters with details listed below:
Chapter I: Introduction to the topic of Rural Urban Labour Migration, Chapter II: Literature Review and Research Methodology, Chapter III: Profile of the Study District-Malda, Chapter IV: Analysis of Data, Chapter V: Findings, Conclusions and Recommendations
It is expected that the research can bring some meaningful value addition in the entire rural urban migration literature specifically for the Malda district of West Bengal, where no such previous work has been done although most of the migrants of West Bengal are from this district only.
