Explain any five economic and social consequences of migration in India.

Economic Consequences:

(i) A major benefit for the source region is the remittance sent by migrants.

(ii) Remittances from the international migrants are one of the major sources of foreign exchange.

(iii) Besides this, unregulated migration to the metropolitan cities of India has caused overcrowding.

Social Consequences:

(i) Migrants act as agents of social change.

(ii) Migration leads to intermixing of people from diverse cultures.

(iii) It has positive contribution such as evolution of composite culture and breaking through the narrow considerations and widens up the mental horizon of the people at large.