Emerging trends of migration and economic Consequences: A case of district Udhampur

Abstract

This paper is an attempt to understand the emerging migration patterns in udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir state. Analysis of the pattern of migration helps us to assess the role of various economic factors influencing migration. With Globalization, Urbanization and accompanying changes in socio-economic Conditions, migrants are attracted to urban areas in recent times. The emerging migration pattern depicts confinement of migrants in lower socio-economic class in Urban India in response to the macro economic reforms. The latest NSS data (2007/08) on migration reveals a gloomy and divergent picture of recent migrants who have migrated prior to five year.  The study covered Udhampur district of Jammu Division as it is one of the district where people from all regions within or outside the state migrated. Sample has selected from the number of household who have migrated from all regions within or outside the state to Udhampur. The increase in number of household shall be the base for sample selection and data has been identified from 2001 to 2011 census. The reason for such divergent pattern of migration within a period of 10 years really needs to be investigated. Stratified random sampling has been used to select the sample from number of household migrated to urban area of different teshils of Udhampur district. Hence, an enquiry into the changing pattern of migration is critical to explore the emerging issues, identify the challenges and main precedence required at policy level for urban development.