Vol. 12, Special Issue 9 (2023)

Author(s):
Nibedita Mishra, Chitrasena Padhy, Aakaas Dash, Payal Mishra, Saikat Mukherjee and V Prasanna

Abstract:
The migration of rural youth from rural communities to urban areas stimulates urban development and enhances job opportunities, lifestyle of migrants and their families also improve. Maximum rural youth are migrating to urban areas for better employment and send money back to their families. Migration among rural youth in India has multifaceted impacts. While it offers economic opportunities and contributes to agricultural transformation, it also creates challenges. By implementing targeted policies and interventions, there are many steps taken by the government like ARYA, STRY, AC & ABC to attract the youth towards agriculture. Due to several reasons the rural youth are not involved or motivated for the development of agriculture sector. The extension educators should provide proper awareness for the rural youth and retain them in agriculture. The migration of rural youth has both positive and negative effects. On one hand, it can lead to increased economic opportunities and better quality of life for young people. On the other hand, it can also lead to the loss of valuable human resources in rural areas and can contribute to urbanization and overcrowding. Hence the policy makers should create policies and initiatives that promote balanced regional development and address the challenges faced by rural youth to ensure that migration is a choice, not a necessity.