Socio-economic Conditions of Slums Dwellers: a Theoretical Study

The socio economic condition of the slum dwellers is generally poor because of the lack of basic social amenities; functional skills, proper education, source of the income, hygiene and health resources. However, slum dwellers directly or indirectly play an important role in nation building. With this point of view the study of slum dwellers becomes important. This paper attempts to demonstrate the theoretical ideas relating to socio-economic conditions of slum dwellers and its reasons and to extend appropriate measures for the improvement in the conditions of slum dwellers. Since, slum dwellers are the stock of the potential human resource, it can be developed through skill enhancement programmes initiated by the government and through appropriate public action relating to social provisions and redistribution social amenities. This paper is conceptual in nature and based on detailed literature collected from various sources like books, research articles, NSSO reports, Census of India etc. Lastly, this paper suggests the effective measures to minimize the problems and raise the living conditions of the slum dwellers.