Migration of Youth from Villages in Uttarakhand

Uttarakhand was formed on the 9th November 2000 as the 27th state of India, when it was carved out of northern Uttar Pradesh located at the foothills of the Himalayan mountain ranges, it largely a hilly state, having international boundaries with China in the north and Nepal in the east. It is rich in natural resources especially water, forests with many glaciers, rivers dense forest and snow clad mountain peaks. Geographically with an area of 53,483km2 the state is blessed with rich flora and fauna.it has almost all major climate zones, making it amenable to a variey of commercial opportunities in horticulture, floriculture and agriculture.it has a vast tourism potential in adventure, leisure and eco-tourism. There have been many demographical challenges in Uttarakhand i.e. an absolute decline of 17868 persons in the population of Almora and Pauri in 10years, 734 villages are un inhabited in last 7 years and 1,18,981 peoples fully leave there houses and migrated to the cities. To study the factors leading to the migration of youths from villages in Uttarakhand. There are many ghost villages now waiting for inhabited people, there are many projects ,efforts has been done by state i.e. Home stay, Special tourism; Tourism now an industry in Uttarakhand. There are many factors and data we can found in Migration commission report 2018. A quantitative and qualitative approach towards understanding the causes behind migration among youths of villages in Uttarakhand. The role of Migration commission report, current situation of youths, the issues and proposing remedies that can help to implement suitable measure. Keeping in perspective widespread the migration of youths toward to the cities with the root causes including obscure agricultural condition, education, jobs etc; the study aims to do in depth analysis of the following aspects related to the issues.- i. The reasons behind youths of Uttarakhand migrating to the urban cities. ii. The details of migration commission report2018 about youths of Uttarakhand. iii. The remedies, efforts of state to solve the problems of youth in Uttarakhand and conclusions that will extremely helpful for future. Data-

In the hilly areas the agricultural land is scattered which means it becomes very difficult for the farmers to execute and manage any agriculture or any other process over it .peoples have always moved in search of work in the response to environmental shocks and stresses to escape religious persecution and political conflict. However improved communication, transport networks, conflict over natural resources and new economic opportunities have created unprecedented level of mobility. The fear due to the recent natural calamities is one of the major causes of migration of youths here has been many villages cut away to the 2013floods and not been reconnected yet for the prevention of this, disaster management initiative is working SDRF, DDRF initiatives are working, these are very good initiatives but there is some major changes more required The survey of migration commission shows in the districts e.g. Bageshwar, Dehradun, Uttarkashi more than 30 percent youth of villages migrating towards cities. Although the relevant and necessary measures have been taken by the government such as National Skill Development Corporation which aims to provide skill based training via industry specific courses, DEENDYAL UPPADHAYA HOME STAY PLAN that aims 5000homestays till 2020.Thereby taking a step towards the improvement of youths. The works of SDRF, DDRF always be remarkable during disasters, there are new initiatives like PRIYAVAN MITRA, VAN MITRA etc. providing some jobs to the youths of villages. The data of migration commission can be prove very important to stop migration from villages, those 734 villages un-inhabited from last seven years in Uttarakhand are example and challenge do for youths. We can stop the numbers of ―Ghost villages‖.

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Research Scholar, Kumaun University, Nainital