Rural Migration

The new centres in Najafgarh and Bawana seek to facilitate students of rural and far off areas by providing them documents like marksheets, migration and other documents at their nearby locations as well as inquiry counters to guide them related to university matters.

Australia is drawing up plans to require migrants to temporarily settle in regional and rural areas to ease congestion in major cities, the government announced Tuesday.

It seems that nearly every day, our media carries stories of concern about the employment situation in India. The stories include accounts of a desire for jobs that is not being met, the vast over-subscription of government jobs, the falling labor force participation of women, the diminishing opportunities for decent employment in rural India, or m...

Mobile apps that help women in the Indian countryside and tiny villages in Japan to open their homes to visitors from across the world are generating incomes, revitalising remote communities and helping to curb migration to cities.

Indian real estate, historically a depository for black-market cash, was hit hard by the government's move to stamp out corruption with a ban on high-denomination bank notes in November. The slump is showing signs of a recovery. Sales across nine cities rose 19 percent in the March quarter after a 20 percent slump in the previous three months, acco...

For the second time in last three years, farmhand Yashodabai Rathod, 38, migrated to Mumbai from the drought-hit Marathwada. She was not alone. The scarcity of water and livelihood had driven the entire family out: Her husband, three daughters and three sons, brother-in-law and his wife, and their three children. They were among the 350 families th...

As thousands of people in Karnataka abandon their rural homes during this year's parched summer in search of work to the cities, authorities hope to check the flow by providing work locally.

81 per cent of people migrating from Punjab to foreign countries come from the state's villages, a new study has revealed. Contrary to popular perception, about 45 per cent of people are headed to Gulf countries, while Canada remains the second most favoured destination.

In view of the large migration of population from rural areas to cities, the government on Friday said it will soon unveil a policy to promote rental housing as a viable housing option.

The Bombay High Court today asked the Maharashtra government to formulate a "rural-friendly" policy to encourage rural youth to participate in farming so that migration to urban areas can be curbed.

Barely months after Prime Minister Narendra Modi criticised MNREGS calling it a "living monument" of UPA's failures, the Rural Development Ministry today said the employment scheme has benefited villages by reducing distress migration and improving wage levels among the poor.

With an aim of bridging rural-urban divide and reducing migration, the government will set up 300 rural clusters by 2019-20 across the country which will entail improving the quality of life of people there.

Pregnant and with a young child in her arms, 17-year-old Andy Lizette Navarro says she has lost hope for the future in her semi-deserted mountain hamlet deep in rural Honduras, and dreams of America.

Chinese President Xi Jinping yesterday promised to impose strict limits on population growth in the country's largest cities, state media reported, as authorities seek to push migration towards smaller urban centres.

China is planning a major expansion of its transport networks and urban infrastructure as it seeks to increase migration from rural to urban areas, lifting incomes and demand to drive continued economic growth.

The new centres in Najafgarh and Bawana seek to facilitate students of rural and far off areas by providing them documents like marksheets, migration and other documents at their nearby locations as well as inquiry counters to guide them related to university matters.

Australia is drawing up plans to require migrants to temporarily settle in regional and rural areas to ease congestion in major cities, the government announced Tuesday.

It seems that nearly every day, our media carries stories of concern about the employment situation in India. The stories include accounts of a desire for jobs that is not being met, the vast over-subscription of government jobs, the falling labor force participation of women, the diminishing opportunities for decent employment in rural India, or m...

Mobile apps that help women in the Indian countryside and tiny villages in Japan to open their homes to visitors from across the world are generating incomes, revitalising remote communities and helping to curb migration to cities.

Indian real estate, historically a depository for black-market cash, was hit hard by the government's move to stamp out corruption with a ban on high-denomination bank notes in November. The slump is showing signs of a recovery. Sales across nine cities rose 19 percent in the March quarter after a 20 percent slump in the previous three months, acco...

For the second time in last three years, farmhand Yashodabai Rathod, 38, migrated to Mumbai from the drought-hit Marathwada. She was not alone. The scarcity of water and livelihood had driven the entire family out: Her husband, three daughters and three sons, brother-in-law and his wife, and their three children. They were among the 350 families th...

As thousands of people in Karnataka abandon their rural homes during this year's parched summer in search of work to the cities, authorities hope to check the flow by providing work locally.

81 per cent of people migrating from Punjab to foreign countries come from the state's villages, a new study has revealed. Contrary to popular perception, about 45 per cent of people are headed to Gulf countries, while Canada remains the second most favoured destination.

In view of the large migration of population from rural areas to cities, the government on Friday said it will soon unveil a policy to promote rental housing as a viable housing option.

The Bombay High Court today asked the Maharashtra government to formulate a "rural-friendly" policy to encourage rural youth to participate in farming so that migration to urban areas can be curbed.

Barely months after Prime Minister Narendra Modi criticised MNREGS calling it a "living monument" of UPA's failures, the Rural Development Ministry today said the employment scheme has benefited villages by reducing distress migration and improving wage levels among the poor.

With an aim of bridging rural-urban divide and reducing migration, the government will set up 300 rural clusters by 2019-20 across the country which will entail improving the quality of life of people there.

Pregnant and with a young child in her arms, 17-year-old Andy Lizette Navarro says she has lost hope for the future in her semi-deserted mountain hamlet deep in rural Honduras, and dreams of America.

Chinese President Xi Jinping yesterday promised to impose strict limits on population growth in the country's largest cities, state media reported, as authorities seek to push migration towards smaller urban centres.

China is planning a major expansion of its transport networks and urban infrastructure as it seeks to increase migration from rural to urban areas, lifting incomes and demand to drive continued economic growth.