Impact of Migrant Workers in India - Present Position and Future Strategy

This paper focuses on the impact of migrant workers in India and their present and future position. Migration is an important feature of human civilisation. It reflects the human endeavour to survive in the most testing conditions, both natural and man-made. Migration in India has existed historically but, in the context of globalisation and the opening up of the world economy, it has assumed special significance for the country and society. As a consequence of historical and economic factors, there are serious income disparities, agrarian distress, inadequate employment generation, vast growth of the informal economy and the resultant migration from rural to urban areas, from urban to urban areas and from backward to comparatively advanced regions in the most appalling conditions.