Labour Migration from Remote Rural Odisha Thuamul Rampur Block, Kalahandi Labour Migration from Remote Rural Odisha Thuamul Rampur Block, Kalahandi November 2020 Design & Layout Bijoy Jacob |
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[email protected] Please refer to the online version for data accuracy. Labour Migration from Remote Rural Odisha Profiling Labour Migration from Thuamul Rampur Block, Kalahandi 䜀爀愀洀 嘀椀欀愀猀 Foreword The opportunities for secure and sustainable livelihoods in the villages of Odisha are limited by a variety of resource constraints. The North-Eastern Ghats and Western Undulating Lands agro-climatic zone regions, where most of Gram Vikas’ work is focused, are characterised by a mixture of moist and deciduous forests and rain-fed agricultural economy. Gram Vikas has been working with the village communities in Odisha since 1979, helping to build a sustainable and dignified quality of life. The high dependence on scarce and low-quality land and dwindling forest resources cannot sustain a dignified quality of life. Changes in monsoon patterns, over-exploitation of available land, and limited access to irrigation have resulted in widespread food and nutrition insecurity in the area. Industrial activity in the region is largely mining and provides little in terms of employment opportunities, while adversely impacting the natural environment. Non-agricultural wage labour is hard to come by, except through public employment generation schemes.