MIGRANT LABOURERS AND THEIR ECONOMIC CONDITIONS IN TAMILNADU WITH REFERENCE TO TAMBARAM CITY MUNICIPAL CORPORATION

Abstract

Migrant is a person who moves from one administrative unit to another. In Indian control these administrative units are generally village in rural areas and town in urban areas. Our study observed that long distance migration from states like West Bengal and Bihar dominated the inflow of migrant workers in recent years. Poor economic conditions along with several other overlapping factors have been identified as the reason of migration, of which the most important are getting better employment, meeting household expenditure and accumulation of savings. The major reason of migration to Tamilnadu is reported as the higher wages, availability of work and better working conditions. This is an endeavour to evaluate and analyse the economic conditions of migrant labourers in Tambaram City Municipal Corporation (TCMC). In this situation, the researcher has approached this subject for the purpose of analysing the migrant labourers living and working conditions and the problems faced by them. An attempt has been made to check whether there is any change in the living condition of the migrant labourers before and after their migration.