The Positive Effects Of Urbanization In India

Urbanizaition is taking place at a very rapid pace in India. It has been observed that Urbanization in India mainly began after the country’s indpendence as it adopted a policy of mixed economy which resulted in the rise and development of private sector. After independence, India faced poverty, unemployment and economic backwardness. The first Prime Minister of India, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, focused on the domain of science and technology, for economic development . The mixed economy system was adopted, resulting in the growth of the Public sector in India. Mumbai saw large scale rural-urban migration in the 21st century. Mumbai accommodates 12.5 million people, and is the largest metropolis by population in India, followed by Delhi with
As we have seen in the afromentioned paragraph that with a high rate of urbanization significant changes have taken place. A vast amount of people have migrated from villages to cities, the employment oppurtunities, transport and communication facilitites, educationald facilities and a significant increase in the standard of living. Thus we can see urbanization yields many positive effects if it takes place till a desirable limit but if there is extensive uurbanisation or limitless growth of citites it can even lead to adverse effect. The most basic problem would be that of over population which has resulted in the growth of slums for example Mumbai, a very high cost of living which is a burden for lower income groups to maintain a decent standard of living in metro citites like Mumbai and banglore, a high rate of crime i.e theft, dacoity, rape, murder which are not common in urban centres. Many people living in urban centres have adverse psychological effect on individiuals as the concept of joint family, neighbourhood and community life are almost absent in citites many of a times this leads to stress which puts a starin in relationships which lead to broken families and divorces. Thus we can say that urbanization has its merits and de-merits it cannot be stopped but the adverse probems can be