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Push or Pull? Recent Evidence from Migration in India

Author : Kala Seetharam Sridhar, A. Venugopala Reddy | 2010
Published By: South Asia Network of Economic Research Institutes

Given that urban areas constitute more than 65% of India's Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the sustained increase in the population of urban areas is no surprise. Undoubtedly, migration has contributed as the major factor of growth of urban population. This paper attempts to understand whether it is push or pull factors causing this rural to urban migration using Bengaluru as a case study.

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