short note on rural urban divide
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simple words, the glaring disparities in income distribution, consumption, and quality of life between rural and urban India is known as rural-urban divide. There is a lack of livelihood opportunities, modern amenities and services, necessary for decent living in rural areas.
There are huge differences in the availability of physical and social infrastructure in rural and urban areas which draws a divide between these two types of areas.
What does Rural-Urban divide signify?
The soul of India lives in its villages. -Mahatma Gandhi
India is a land of villages. According to the latest Census (2011), India has more than 6 lakh villages while there are around 7000 towns and urban centres. Out of a total population of 121 crores, the rural population accounts for 69% and urban population 31%.
On the contrary, economic policies have primarily focussed on urban areas. It relied on the philosophy that benefits of India s high growth and expansion of industrial urban centres would automatically percolate down to the rural areas. This has led to the unequal
There are huge differences in the availability of physical and social infrastructure in rural and urban areas which draws a divide between these two types of areas.
What does Rural-Urban divide signify?
The soul of India lives in its villages. -Mahatma Gandhi
India is a land of villages. According to the latest Census (2011), India has more than 6 lakh villages while there are around 7000 towns and urban centres. Out of a total population of 121 crores, the rural population accounts for 69% and urban population 31%.
On the contrary, economic policies have primarily focussed on urban areas. It relied on the philosophy that benefits of India s high growth and expansion of industrial urban centres would automatically percolate down to the rural areas. This has led to the unequal
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We examine the gaps between rural and urban India in terms of the education attainment,
occupation choices, consumption and wages. We study the period 1983-2005 using household
survey data from successive rounds of the National Sample Survey. We Önd that this period
has been characterized by a signiÖcant narrowing of the di§erences in education, occupation
distribution, and wages between individuals in rural India and their urban counterparts. We Önd
that individual characteristics do not appear to account for much of this convergence. Our results
suggest that policy interventions favoring rural areas may have been key in inducing these time
series patterns.
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