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Examine the economic and social consequences of migration in India.

Answer:

The economic consequences of migration are:

1. The major benefits for the source region is the remittance sent by the migrants which is the major sources of foreign exchange.

2. In year 2000 India received is US $ billion as remittances from international migrants.

3. Punjab, Kerala and Tamil Nadu receive very significant amount form their international migrants.

4. The remittances sent by the internal migrants play very important role in the growth of economy of the source area.

5. Unregulated migration to the metropolitan cities of India has caused overcrowding.

6. It leads development of slums in industrially developed states.

Social consequences of migration:

1. Migrants act as agent of social change. The new ideas get diffused from urban to rural areas through them.

2. It leads to intermixing of people from diverse cultures.

3. It helps in the evaluation of composite culture and widens up the mental horizon of the people.

4. It creates social vacuum and sense of dejection among. Individuals which motivate people to tall in the trap of and social activities.