ECONOMICS (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Due to the adverse conditions of poverty and unemployment in the rural areas, people migrate to urban areas. In urban areas they find increased employment opportunities and better living conditions.

Detailed explanation-2: -The push factors of no job facilities, low salary, less income, drought, less medical and educational facilities are the push factors of the rural people from rural to urban migration.

Detailed explanation-3: -Poverty, food insecurity, lack of employment, climate change and environmental degradation are among the root causes of migration.

Detailed explanation-4: -Factors such as decreasing land holding size, lack of infrastructure-especially irrigation infrastructure, lack of other job opportunities and continuous depletion of forest resources are considered the main reasons for rural unemployment.

Detailed explanation-5: -If unemployment is reduced by less, more people migrate to the rural area, pushing wages down and increasing the incidence of poverty.