distress migration in dharmapuri district

8/17/2019 Distress Migration in Dharmapuri District

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Distress Migration inDharmapuri District

Principal Investigator: Dr. K. JothiSivagnanam

Professor and Head, Dept. of Economics

Co-Principal Investigator: Dr. R. Srinivasan

Associate Professor, Dept. of Econometrics


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Background of the Study

• Tamil Nadu state !no"n for itsrelativel# $etter performance socialand economic development.

• %ut "it&in Tamil Nadu certaindistricts most $ac!"ard.

• D&armapuri ran!ed continuosl# att&e $ottom of t&e HDI 'HD( )**+,PC )**, DHD( )*/.


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Dharmapuri district-Salientfeatures

• 0ni1ue natural resource pattern, acute"ater scarcit#, fre1uent failure of agricultureand spatial location.

•23 4 of population in rural areas.

• i5ea$le tri$al population and forest cover.

• Infanticide, lo" se6 ratio, lo"est literac#rate, s&arp cleavages $et"een t&e dalits

and vanniyars.

• Also !no"n for na6alism 'till t"o decadesago/.


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Why this study

• 7an# studies on various developmental issuesof t&e district.

• 8Distress migration9 from t&e district in recent#ears less understood. In migration in to t&e

district is relativel# ver# less.• %P census ;* 4 of t&e rural poor families

migrated.

• (easons 2< 4 in searc& of casual "or! =

seasonal emplo#ment, >t&ers- liveli&oodc&ances

• ociall# more "ea!er sections ?er# &ig& rateof migration


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Why this study !"on#$

• DHD( ')*/ due to large scale migrationof $ot& t&e parents ;; per cent of c&ildrenlive "it& relatives and friends, private

&omes = &ostels.• i5ea$le c&ild "or!ers too.

• Increasing incidence of AID transmitted $#migrant male mem$ers.

• %esides t&e magnitude of migration, itsconse1uences in D&armapuri moreserious.


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%&'ectives

• To e6amine t&e magnitude, trend,pattern and nature of distress migrationin D&armapuri district

• To anal#se t&e causes of distressmigration in t&e district

• To anal#se t&e conse1uences of

distress migration of "or!ers on t&eir&ouse&olds in t&e district

• To arrive at relevant polic# implications.


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Data sources

• econdar# sources Census, N>

• Primar# surve# supplemented $#informal discussions, @eld visits,o$servations and case studies


8/19

Work completed

• C&apter II - (evie" of literature

• C&apter III D&armapuri District Pro@le

• C&apter I? 7N(EA in D&armapuri district

• C&apter ? N> data anal#sis

• C&apter ?I - Census data anal#sis

Also completed construction of 1uestionnaire, pilot

surve# and preliminar# anal#sis.


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Revie( of )iterature

• '/ %asic concepts t&at are essentiall# re1uired tounderstand diBerent aspects of migration.

• ')/ urve# of literature $ased on t&ree data sourcesnamel# 'i/ T&e population Census of India 'ii/ N> data

and 'iii/ Primar# surve#• iterature grouped into 7acro level and 7icro level

studies.

• Macro level studies* Trends and patterns of migration,studies on ur$anisation, s&ort term migration.

• Micro level studies* tudies related to agriculture,conceptual studies and speci@c studies pertaining toD&armapuri district.


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Research gap

• T&e literature surve# pointed out t&att&ere "ere man# studies onmigration. %ut most of t&e studies

"ere con@ned to migrants atdestination and causes for migration.

• T&ere are ver# fe" studies on

conse1uences of migration at&ouse&old level particularl# at t&esource.

• T&is stud# is intended to @ll t&at


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Dharmapuri + District,role

This chapter covered

• %rief &istor#

• T&e genesis

•

eograp&ic pro@le Area under agriculture, land&olding si5e, irrigation details etc.

• ocio-economic pro@le "or!force participationrate, literac# rate, se6 ratio, &ealt& indicators etc.

•

Pu$lic e6penditure in t&e district• iveli&ood opportunities

• 7igration


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MR/01 in the district

• As t&e massive programme intends to c&ec!migration from rural areas, preliminar#anal#sis of t&e programme in t&e district "asdone.

• ?arious aspects li!e o$s demanded, o$ssupplied, Num$er of &ouse&olds t&at reac&ed

** da#s of "or!, %ene@ciaries under diBerentcategories, House&olds and persons demanded"or! etc at $loc! level "ere covered.


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SS% data analysis

• T&is c&apter covered 'i/ N> dataanal#sis '


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"ensus data analysis

T&is c&apter &ig&lig&ted t&e demograp&icand migrant status of persons inD&armapuri district. As census data on

migration for )* census is #et to $ereleased, t&e present anal#sis "asrestricted to )** data. Some of thegeneralised results are

• Total migrant "or!ers - intra-districtmigrants '2* 4/ and inter-district migrants'; 4/ .

•

Females dominate in all t&e categories ofmi ration.


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"ensus data analysis!"on#$

• 7igrant cultivators - more in Gsi5eG follo"ed$# agricultural la$ourers, ot&er t&an&ouse&old industr# and lastl# &ouse&old

industr# "or!ers.

• 7ost of t&e main "or!ers "ere long termmigrants.

• &are of females in long term migrants -&ig&er t&an males under main "or!ers.


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Primar# data collection

• uestionnaireD:Distress 7igrationproectuestionnaire for distress migration in d&amapuri district.doc6

for Distress migration in D&armapuridistrict

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Work in progress#

• Finalisation of 1uestionnaire.

•

Field surve#


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/2pected %utput

• T&e stud# "ould 1uantif# t&emagnitude of t&e distress migration.

• Direct and indirect correlates andconse1uences of distress migrationon t&e origin .

• Polic# implications for development

of one of t&e most $ac!"ard ruraldistrict of t&e state.


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