CBSE CLASS 9 ECONOMIC CHAPTER 1 || THE STORY OF VILLAGE PALAMPUR|| NCERT SOLUTIONS
CLASS 9 ECONOMIC CHAPTER 1
THE STORY OF VILLAGE PALAMPUR
NCERT EXERCISE ( Exam oriented Question answer - detailed explanation)
1. Every village in India is surveyed once in ten years during the Census and some of details are presented in the following format. Fill up the following based on information on Palampur:
a. LOCATION
b. TOTAL AREA OF THE VILLAGE:
c. LAND USE (in hectares):
Cultivated Land | Land not available for cultivation (Area covering dwellings, roads, ponds, grazing ground) | |
Irrigated | Unirrigated | |
26 Hectares | ||
Answer :
a. Location: Palampur is located 3km from Raiganj which is a big village. The nearest town is shahpur.
The narrative partly based on a research of a village in district Bulandshahr (Uttar Pradesh West)
b. Total Area of the Village: 226 hectares
c. Land Use (in hectares):
Cultivated Land | Land not available for cultivation (Area covering dwellings, roads, ponds, grazing ground) | |
Irrigated | Unirrigated | |
200 hectares | - | 26 Hectares |
d. Facilities
Educational | |
Medical | |
Market | |
Electricity Supply | |
Communication | |
Nearest Town |
Answer:
Below are the Facilities
Educational | In Palampur two Primary and one high school is there. |
Medical | There is one government Primary health center and one private dispensary. |
Market | Small eatable shops is there but Raiganj and shahpur are two main markets. |
Electricity Supply | Most of the houses have electric connection. It powers the irrigation system and very much useful for small businesses. |
Communication | Well connected roads to the neighbouring villages and towns. All weathered road facilities. Support all kinds of transport like bullock carts to motor vehicles. |
Nearest Town | Shahpur |
4. Is it important to increase the area under irrigation? Why?
Answer:
Yes it is important to increase the areas under irrigation because:-
i) In India not all the villages have high levels of irrigation facilities. It is a little less than 40 percent is irrigated even today.
ii) Only the areas of riverine plains and coastal regions managed well irrigation.
iii) But the Deccan plateau regions have low level of irrigation. In these areas farming is largely dependent on rainfall.
5. Construct a table on the distribution of land among the 450 families of Palampur.
Answer:
Number of Families 450 | Area of cultivated land (hectares) |
Families with no land ( mainly dalits) -150 | 0 |
240 Families | Less than 2 hectares |
60 Families | More than 2 hectares |
6. Why are the wages for farm labourers in Palampur less than minimum wages?
Answer:
i) The wages for farm labourers in Palampur less than minimum wages Due to heavy competition for work among the farm labourers in Palampur.
ii) The minimum wage for a farm labourer fixed by the government is ₹ 115 per day( April 2011) but they merely gets Rs 80 because demand for work is more than the availability of work.
7. In your region, talk to two labourers. Choose either farm labourers or labourers working at construction sites. What wages do they get? Are they paid in cash or kind? Do they get work regularly? Are they in debt?
Answer:
i)In our region, two labourers namely Ram and Rashmi are there, they are husband and wife working as casual construction workers.
ii) They get approximately 120-150 per day which are paid in cash.
iii) They do not get work regularly because there are a large number of workers seeking employment, due to which they agree to work for low wages.
Because of irregular work and low wages, they are unable to fulfil their needs and are in debt.
8. What are the different ways of increasing production on the same piece of land? Use examples to explain.
Answer:
In order to increase production on the same piece of land we can take the following measures:-
i) Multiple cropping : When more than one crop is grown on the same piece of land during an agricultural year , is known as multiple cropping.
ii) It is the most common way to increase the production on a given piece of land.
iii) Different crops are grown in different seasons for example as Kharif crop farmers grows jowar and bajra. After the harvest of these crops they grow the Rabi crops - wheat on that same land.
iv) Use of modern farming methods - Modern farming methods like HYV seeds, chemical fertilisers and pesticides in farming also help to increase the production.
Examples - The farmers of Punjab and Haryana were the first to adopt modern farming in India.
9. Describe the work of a farmer with 1 hectare of land.
Answer:
i) A farmer with 1 hectares of land is considered as subsistence farmers. It is too small and Production is very low.
ii) A small farmer has no irrigation facilities in his land. For irrigation he completely depends on rainfalls.
iii) He can not afford modern machinery and HYV seeds so he use cow dung manure for fertilising his land.
iv) A small farmer normally lacks in saving, in the absence of capital he has to take loan from a moneylender or traders, who charges a high interest rate.
10. How do the medium and large farmers obtain capital for farming? How is it different from the small farmers?
Answer:
i) The medium and large farmers have their own saving from farming.
ii)These farmers keep a certain portion of crop for themselves and rest they sell in market earns profit.
iii) Surplus money they keep as saving use that money in arranging capital for new crop season.
iv) Medium and large farmers are also get loans from banks easily as they have home and lands.
v) While on the other hand ,small farmers have small sizes of plots and their production is not enough.The lack of surplus means that they are unable to obtain capital from their own savings, and have to borrow from local money lenders as they don’t get loans from banks, easily.
11. On what terms did Savita get a loan from Tajpal Singh? Would Savita’s condition be different if she could get a loan from the bank at a low rate of interest?
Answer:
Savita who is a small farmer, want to cultivate wheat on her 1 hectare of land, decided to borrow money from Tejpal singh - a large farmer, on the following conditions:-
a. Tejpal singh agrees to give loan to savita at an interest rate of 24 percent for 4 months.
b. Savita also has to promise to work on his field as farm labourer during the harvest season at ₹ 35 per day.
Yes Savita's condition would be different if she would have taken loan from bank with lower rate of interest and she could have easily repaid the loan and her conditions would have been far better.
12. Talk to some old residents in your region and write a short report on the changes in irrigation and changes in production methods during the last 30 years. (Optional)
Answer:
On talking to two old residents My grandfather and his friend , I came to know the changes in irrigation methods during the last 30 years. They told me that
i) Previously they were dependent on rainfall and gradually they started to use Persian wheels to draw water from the wells.
ii) Traditionally they ploughed the field with plough drawn by bullocks. They were using cow dung manure for Fertilisation.
However with the advancement of technology irrigation system replaced by tube wells, pumps and pipes. Ploughing the field is now done with tractors and threshers. Chemical fertilisers are very efficient to increase the production.
13. What are the non-farm production activities taking place in your region? Make a short list.
Answer:
The list of now farm production activities are as follows:-
i) Dairy is a common activity carried out by many in our region.
ii) A few people are involved as shopkeepers and traders who buy various goods from the wholesale market in the cities and sell them in the villages.
iii) Some people are engaged in small scale manufacturing in their home with the help of their family members.
iv) Some are driving different types vehicles and working as Drivers.
v) Some people opened small eatable shops near bus stand.
vi) Some people are working in Construction sites.
vii) Few are working as mining labourers.
14. What can be done so that more non-farm production activities can be started in villages?
Answer:
In order to start more non-farming production activities in villages the following steps can be taken:-
i) Set - up more numbers of Industries in rural areas.
ii) Government should provide training and different skill development programs for the village people.
iii) Bank Loan should be generate at low interest rates, so that poor villagers can start some business.
iv) Government should generate effective employment schemes.
v) Government should improve the quality of village roads and transport facilities for the village traders to sell their products.
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