Migration from rural to urban areas is common in many low-and middle-income countries.
However, temporary migration from rural to other rural areas also occurs and is not yet well …

This article aims to analyse the plight of the migrant workers in India during the Covid 19
pandemic from a political economy perspective. While taking note of the disruptions and …

The nature and manifestations of the rural and agrarian distress in India point to the
disastrous, class-specific nature of neoliberal economic policies. A significant aspect of this …

With rising inter-regional disparities in post-reform India, circular and seasonal labour
migration from the relatively less developed regions to the urban informal sector has come to …

Circular labour migration from rural areas has emerged as a key feature of the Indian
economy. Generally seen as a positive development, because of its impact of remittances on …

This paper argues that the divergent performance of the rural economies of China and India
after 1950 was a product of the different capabilities of the Chinese and Indian governments …

ABSTRACT 'Shed makkalu'(literally translated as 'shed children') is a phrase frequently used
by NGO functionaries to identify children (from temporarily migrating families) living in …

Sage Academic Books - Handbook of Internal Migration in India - Nature of ‘Unfreedom’
among Migrants* Skip to main content About Browse Academic Books Select discipline: Select …

In India, despite having high economic growth, considerable inter-state inequality exists
across states in terms of per capita income as well as employment opportunities. The eight …

This article, situated at the intersection of urban studies and comics studies, seeks to
interrogate the nature of urban migration and the lives of construction workers in Simon …