Abstract: Migration, though has been an old phenomenon, more people are on move today than before. Most of the migrants are temporary in nature employed in the informal economy. Migration can be a choice or driven by economic factors, it can be formal or informal, migrants can either possess range of skills and capacities, low or high. Many push and pull factors contribute for migrating towards urban areas in search of better living conditions. The study tries to bring out the main factors that has been responsible for migration especially towards construction industry in Bangalore.

Keywords : Migration, Pull factors, Push factors.

| DOI: 10.17148/IARJSET.2021.81015