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URBANISATION IN INDEPENDENT INDIA
M.S.A. Rao identified the impact of urban influences on many Indian
villages.
(a) Villages where sizable population are employed in far off cities or in
overseas towns. Members of families are left behind.
(b) Villages situated near an industrial towns like Bhilai, Bokaro
(c) Villages surrounding ever expanding metropolitan cities like Delhi,
Mumbai.
Difference between Western and Indian pattern of Industrialisation
• In western pattern of industrialization majority of people are employed
in the service sector, while in India majority are in agriculture sector.
• In western pattern majority are formally employed and getting regular
salaries. Whereas in India very few are in regular salaried employment.
