The most striking feature of migration in India is its range and diversity and the significance of rural-urban migration as opposed to rural-urban shifts in population. The study presented in this paper demonstrates that migration does not operate as an equilibrating mechanism rather aggrevates rural-urban inequalities. Further, migration perpetuates future course of migration. Movements are not therefore related to income or status. The study opines that policies aimed at influencing migration trends should aim at eliminating the inequalities which are prime cause of internal migration.
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