EMERGING ISSUES IN INDIAN ECONOMY — Economics STD 12 Commerce — Question
Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 CommerceEconomicsEMERGING ISSUES IN INDIAN ECONOMY3 Marks
Question
State and explain Cause-based migration.
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Answer
Migration due to reasons $($causes$)$ such as attraction of better life style, modern infrastructure or due to forced reasons such as lack of work opportunities or higher education facilities in villages is called cause-based migration.Types:
Migration based on attraction $($pull factors$)$
Forceful $($push factors$)$ migration.
$1.$ Migration due to attraction $($pull factors$):$
When a person gets attracted to the life style and modern infrastructural facilities of urban areas and migrates there, it is known as migration due to attraction.
Since the modern, life-style and infrastructure are pulling $($attracting$)$ the person these factors are called pull factors.
Example:
Migration of people from village to city can be considered as migration due to attraction because compared to villages, the life style, transportation, communication system, education, health services, etc. along with job opportunities and business prospects are much better and more in the cities.
Migration to other countries owing to above mentioned reasons is called migration due to attraction.
$2.$ Migration due to push factors $($Forceful migration$):$
When people living in villages have lack of business or occupational opportunities or when there are no or deficient educational facilities and hence people are forcibly pushed to cities to avail these facilities it is known as migration due to push factors or forceful migration.
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