Socio-Economic Conditions, Development Levels and Quality of Life among Migrant Kisan Community in Delhi NCR Region

At present rural to urban migration is a major concern from the viewpoint of social, economic and cultural aspects. Different push and pull factors are responsible for rural to urban migration like the low output from rural agricultural activity, mostly seasonal nature of work in agricultural activity in rural areas at one end with push factors and urbanization, diversified working sector, wide economic opportunity and better returns in urban areas with pull factors at the other end. Like other tribal communities, Kisans are also affected by these pushes and pull factors and have migrated to the urban areas in search of employment and better livelihood. Urban areas attract people naturally offering opportunities. However, the problem arises when a large number of poor and work-seeking people are forced to migrate and live in a very small and unhygienic place, which lacks the basic infrastructures and amenities. In this background, this study focuses on the above situation and tries to explore the socio-economic and living conditions among the migrant tribal people of Kisan community, who are working in different sectors of the economy in the Delhi NCR region. This study has been done covering 50 sample households through a field survey from migrant Kisan community working in the various parts of Delhi NCR region. The study covers two aspects of the migrant Kisan community- one is the socio-economic condition and the other is the Quality of Life (QOL). The study finds that migrant Kisan in Delhi NCR have been the sufferers of many issues like poor housing condition, lack of safe drinking water and health related issues.