Migration is often viewed as a tool or strategy to overcome life’s uncertainties, especially in rural India. In India, internal migration is at the top of all the migration streams, and international migration is the least. Economic Survey 2016-17 estimated that the annual growth rate of labour migration nearly doubled from 2.4 per cent in 1991-2001 to 4.5 per cent in 2001-2011 (census, 2011). It has been widely studied and accepted that the major causes of India’s internal migration are poverty, stagnant employment opportunities, environmental degradation, and lack of scope in agricultural activities.
From this paper, I would like to share the experiences of Meghwals of Rajasthan, who migrated to Delhi, the capital of India and a metropolitan city under the pretext of finding better employment opportunities. The paper's main focus will be how migration is thought of as an agent to overcome the difficulties faced in the sending area but migrating to Delhi has added new challenges in the life of the Meghwals like no job security, etc. The last section of the paper highlights how the covid has affected this migrant community.
