Labour Migration Generated Social And Economic Remittance Impact On Households(A Study Of Pokhara Lekhnath Metropolitian City, Gharikulo-17, Kaski)

Abstract

Remittance refers to migrants earnings sent from the migration destination to the place of origin. The term “remittance” are normally limited to denoted monetary and other kinds transfers by migrants workers to their families and communities. To fulfill the objectives of tracing the social and economic impacts of remittance on households the present study was conducted during 2016. Among the 137 households, sample size of 48 households whose members were migrants for foreign employment was chosen to be studied. These households were chosen by purposive sampling method and data were collected through Semi-structured interview method. Some secondary data were used to compare the consumption of foreign employment and remittance in the study. The study showed that most of the foreign labor migrated people of Gharikulo area are educated. The main cause of foreign labor migration was due to lack of job opportunities within home country. Age group between 25-35 years are more involved in the foreign labor migration. The Sex/Gender composition among the migrants households shows that more than halve(64) percent female members are present in the houses than male members. It means that there is shortage of male members in the family. From this study it can be concluded that the received remittances by the households have been invested more in non-productive sectors than productive sectors. It is due to the lack of knowledge and lack of proper policy of government for the utilization of remittance. Beside the economic remittance there have been the flow of social remittance in the study area. Most of the migrants have shared about their working skills to their families. The respondents felt that there was a positive change in their households economy after they involved in foreign labor migration. It can be concluded that there is significant impact of economic and social remittance on the migrants households.