Question

Economic and social consequences of migration

Answer 1

Answer:

(i)Overcrowding of people due to rural-urban migration has put pressure on the existing social and physical infrastructure in the urban areas.

(ii)This ultimately leads to unplanned growth of urban settlement and formation of slums shanty colonies.

Answer 2

Answer:

Social Consequences:

(i) Migrants act as agents of social change.

(ii) Migration leads to intermixing of people from diverse cultures.

(iii) It has positive contribution such as evolution of composite culture and breaking through the narrow considerations and widens up the mental horizon of the people at large.