CONTENTS: Indian Rural Economy: An Introduction; Rural Migration in India: Economic Issues; The Push & Pull Factors of Rural Migration; Rural Unemployment in India -- A Critical Appraisal; Migration: Types, Causes & Consequences; Rural Non-Farm Employment & Income; NABARD"S Innovations in Rural Development; Migration for Hard Work: A Reluctant Livelihood Strategy for Poor Households in West Bengal, India; Female Labour Migration in India: Insight from NSSO Data; Changing Character of Rural Economy & Migrant Labour in Punjab; Rural-Urban Migration & Urban Poverty: Socio-Economic Profiles of Rickshaw Pullers & Owner-Contractors in North-East Delhi; Rural Labour Markets & Migration in India.