Class nine The Story of Village palampur

The story of village Palampur

1. SOCIAL SCIENCE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION

2. Overview The purpose of the story is to introduce some basic concepts relating to production and this we do through a story of a hypothetical village called Palampur.

3. Farming is the main activity in Palampur, whereas several other activities such as small scale manufacturing, dairy, transport, etc. are carried out on a limited scale. These production activities need various types of resources — natural resources, manmade items, human effort, money, etc.

4. Farm Activities

5. Introduction Palampur is well developed and connected with neighboring villages The story of Palampur is imaginary village that will allow us to know about farming well There 2 parts 1) FARM ACTIVITIES 2) NON FARM ACTIVITIES

6. Organization of production The first requirement is LAND. The second requirement is LABOUR. The third requirement is PHYSICAL CAPITAL. In physical capital there are 2 types: FIXED CAPITAL WORKING CAPITAL HUMAN CAPITAL

7. LAND Land – The first requirement is land, and other natural resources such as water, forests, minerals.

8. LABOUR Some activities require fully qualified workers and highly educated workers to perform necessary tasks . Some activities require only workers who have physical capacity. But in every activity labour is vital.

9. PHYSICAL CAPITAL: FIXED CAPITAL Tools and machine range from a very simple tools such as farmers plough to sosphiscated machine is called fixed capital The sosphiscated machine include :- Generators Turbines Computers

10. PHYSICAL CAPITAL: WORKING CAPITAL Production require variety of raw materials like yarn used weaver and clay used by potter. Also , Money is also required in production to make payments and buy other materials. Raw materials and money in hand is called working capital

11. PHYSICAL CAPITAL: HUMAN CAPITAL Human Capital need knowledge and enterprise to be able to put together land, labour and physical capital and produce an output

12. Land is fixed…! Farming is main activity in Palampur. 75% of the people are working in field and farmers. But there is constant rise in population ,so the waste land are converted to cultivatable land. Now, There exists no land to convert to cultivatable land.

13. Is there any way to grow more crops on same field…..? Yes , if we use modern inputs like HYV seeds Fertilizers Modern farm machinery Pesticides Irrigating using modern facilities by using: 1.Canals 2.Pump sets 3.Electricity 4.Dams

14. Will land Sustain….? Land being natural resource ,it is necessary to use very careful in its use. Scientific reports have stated that modern methods have overused the natural resource. Green revolution is associated with loss of soil fertility due to increased use of chemical fertilizers

15. How is land distributed…? In Palampur , for instance the land is distributed on third of 450 families are landless , i.e. 150 families . Of remaining families who own land , 240 families cultivate less than 2 hectares of land which doesn't give much profit Remaining 60 families occupy large areas above 2 hactares and some 10 hectares of land which gains them so much profit

16. Who will provide the labour…? After land, labour is next most necessary factor in agriculuture. Small farmers along their families cultivate their own fields, thus cutting costs of labour. Medium and Large farmers hire farm labour to work on their fields. Farm Laborers come from landless farmers or farmers cultivating small fields.

17. Non-Farm activities

18. Dairy farm Dairy is common activity of people of non farming category. The milk and other dairy products can be sold at neighboring cities and towns at good profit. This is main occupation for people in rainy season.

19. Small scale manufacturers At , present less than 50 families are engaged in manufacturing. In Palampur , manufacturing involve very simple production methods and These are done with help of family members

20. Shop keepers People involved in trade are not many in Palampur. The traders of Palampur are shop keepers. We can see small general store which sell a whole range of rice , wheat , sugar , tea , oil , biscuits , notebooks , soap , toothpaste , batteries , pens , pencils and even some cloth materials

21. Transport fast developing sector There are variety of vehicles in Palampur They are rickshaws , tongas , jeeps , tractors , trucks , traditional bullock carts etc The ferry people and goods to one place to another

22. The Farm Gallery

23. Harvester Old model of harvesters Scenes of village Different types of crops

24. Different types of seeds

25. Old way ploughing modern way

26. Thank you

27. This power point is presented is by Sujit Kumar TGT SST