Prelims · 6 Indian Society · 6.11 Social issues
6.11.4 Urbanisation and migration: social consequences, slums and the urban poor
Urbanisation is the rise in the share of people living in towns; in India it is driven by migration and by villages turning into towns, and it brings new freedoms along with slums, informal work and weak civic services for the urban poor.
- APPSC Group 2 · Prelims
- Standard level
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Key terms
- urbanisation
- census town
- statutory town
- urban agglomeration
- over-urbanisation
- Louis Wirth
- urbanism
- push-pull
- Ravenstein
- Everett Lee
- migration
- slum
- notified slum
- Dharavi
- 74th Amendment
- Smart Cities
- AMRUT
- PMAY-Urban
- PM SVANidhi
- Street Vendors Act
- One Nation One Ration Card
- e-Shram
What this note covers
- Core factsFoundation
- ExplainedStandard
- DeeperAdvanced
- Mains writingMains writing
- Common trapsFoundation
- Quick revisionFoundation
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