There is a steady migration to urban regions because of availability of electricity and piped drinking water. Much of rural population wants to leave for nearby urban centres (towns or cities) in search of livelihoods. Social processes and natures of people cannot be explained by statistics. Population studies or demographic trends cannot explain the true reality that people face. Unless one has large estates and modern farming equipment, agriculture is not profitable. There is no way of life in the villages.This has been going on for a long time now. Life in urban India is very very tough for the people.The India growth story is basically jobless growth. How people make a living is up to them, as government cannot help its people here. It is sad when few families decide to return to their rural homes, because they had lost their battle to survive in the urban places to which they had migrated to.The disillusionment is painful.
They have not failed, we have failed them. When we integrate technologies we must make it people friendly. We have overflowing granaries, but people go hungry. Food is not the problem, it is the deficiency in giving access and entitlements (which we do not give) Umpteen programmes for making of UID(Unique Identity Cards) schemes and PDS(Public Distribution Scheme) schemes, proposed food bill have faults.People remain unidentified and unrecognised. People are lost in urban jungle as the wild animals in the forests.We need to rescue them and bring them under the care of human society.
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