An analysis on the impact of outmigration on left-behind rural women in Jharkhand state
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Out-migration for jobs is considered as ‘safety valve’ in an impoverished economy; still we cannot underestimate certain negative externalities resultant of it. It appears that the left behind women are the worst sufferers of the migration phenomenon. This paper makes an attempt to understand the impact of migration on left behind woman in Oraon community in a Jharkhand village
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