Atanu Sen
Special Issue June 2023
Volume-XI, Special Issue, June 2023 | ||
Published Online: 30.06.2025 | Page No: 240-247 | |||
A brief scenario of contemporary
pattern and characteristics of Migration in India: A geographical analysis
Atanu Sen, Assistant Professor, Dept. of
Geography, Panchmura Mahavidyalaya, Bankura, West Bengal, India | |
The labour market of India is highly governs by the absence of able bodied male work-force due to large rate of out migration. This affects the employment and job seeking sector of India covering 200 million people and other parts in globe. This paper focuses on individual and district level migration nature, causes, consequences in India in perspective of ‘missing men’ concept. It is associated with feminization of agrarian workforce, higher concentration of male labour in construction and non-farm based activities and sky hiking of wages for male workforce in rural economy. During the Covid-19 period, lock-down has been imposed, which severely impacted on migration flows. The nature and trend of migration during post Covid era has changes in a specific direction. The economic crisis and socio-cultural changes also analyzed for this said period. | |
Keywords: Male workforce, missing men, lock-down, out migration. |