S.S.T PROJECT ECONOMIC STORY OF VILLAGE PALAMPUR

STORY OF VILLAGE PALMPUR

1. NAME- KRISH SINGH CLASS- 9 th SUBJECT- ECNOMICS TOPIC- THE STORY OF VILLAGE PALAMPUR SCHOOL- ANGEL'S PUBLIC SCHOOL

2. THE PURPOSE OF THE STORY IS TO INTRODUCE SOME BASIC CONCEPTS RELATING TO PRODUCTION AND THIS WE DO THROUGH A STORY OF HYPOTHETICAL VILLAGE CALLED PALAMPUR. OVERVIEW

3. FARMING IS THE MAIN ACTIVITY IN PALAMPUR,WHEREAS SEVRAL OTHER ACTIVITES SUCH AS SMALL SCALE MANUFACTURING,DAIRY,TRANSPORT,etc . PALAMPUR IS WELL-CONNECTED WITH NEIGHBOURING VILLAGES AND TOWN S.RAIGANJ,A BIG VILLAGE,IS 3 kms FROM PALAMPUR.AN ALL WEATHER ROAD CONNECTS THE VILLAGE TO RAIGANJ AND FURTHER ON THE NEAREST SMALL TOWN OF SHAHPUR. INTRODUCTION

4. THIS VILLAGE HAS ABOUT 450 FAMILIES BELONGING TO SEVERAL DIFFERENT CASTES. THE 80 UPER CASTE FAMILIES OWN THE MAJORITY OF LAND IN THE VILLAGE.THEIR HOUSES,SOME OF THEM QUITE LARGE,ARE MADE OF BRICKS WITH CEMENT PLASTERING. THE SCs(DALITS)COMPRISE ONE THIRD OF THE POPULATION AND LIVE IN ONE CORNER OF THE VILLAGE AND IN MUCH SMALLER HOUSES SOME OF WHICH ARE OF MUD AND STRAW. ABOUT THE VILLAGE

5. THE AIM OF PRODUCTION IS TO PRODUCE THE GOODS AND SERVICES THAT WE WANT. THERE ARE FOUR REQUIREMENTS FOR PRODUCTION OF GOODS AND SERVICES. THE FIRST REQIREMENT IS LAND. THE SECOND REQIREMENT IS LABOUR. THE THIRD REQIREMENT IS PHYSICAL CAPITAL. ORGANISATION OF PRODUCTION

6. EVERY PRODUCTION IS ORGANISED BY COMBINING LAND,LABOUR,PHYSICAL CAPITAL AND HUMAN CPITAL WHICH ARE KNOWN AS FACTOR OF PRODUCTION . FACTOR OF PRODUCTION

7. FARMING IN PALAMPUR

8. FARMING IS THE MAIN PRODUCTION ACTIVITY IN PALAMPUR.75 PER CENT OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING ARE DEPENDENT ON FARMING FOR THEIR LIVELIHOOD. THEY COUD BE FARMER OR FARM LABOURERS. THE WELL-BEING OF THESE PEOPLE IS CLOSEY RELATED TO PRODUCTION ON THE FARMS. THE STANDARD UNIT OF LAND IS HECTARE. LAND IS FIXED

9. PALAMPUR WOULD RESEMBLE A VILLAGE OF WESTERN PART OF THE STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH. AL LAND IS CULTIVATED IN PALAMPUR.NO LAND IS LEFT IDLE. DURING RANIY SEASON (KHARIF) FARMER GROW JOWAR AND BAJRA.THESE PLANT USED AS CATTLE FEED. IN THE WINTER SEASON (RABI),FIELDS ARE SOWN WITH WHEAT FOR THE FAMILY’S CONSUMPTION AND SELL THE SURPLUS WHEAT AT THE MARKET AT RAIGANJ. IS THERE A WAY ONE CAN GROW MORE FROM THE SAME LAND.

10. THE GREEN REVOLUTION IN THE LATE 1960sINTODUCED THE INDIAN FARMER TO CULTIVATION OF WHEAT AND RICE USING HIGH YIELDING VARITIES (HYVs) OF SEEDS COMPARED TO THE TRADITIONALSEEDS,THE HYV SEEDS PROMISED TO PRODUCED MUCH GREATER AMOUNT OF GRAIN ON A SINGLE PLANT. GREEN REVOLUTION

11. LAND BEING A NATURAL RESOURCE,IT IS NECESSARY TO BE VERY CAREFUL IN ITS USE. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS INDICATE THAT THE MODERN FARMING METHODS HAVE OVER USED THE NATURAL RESOURCE BASE. IN MANY AREAS,GREEN REVOLUTION IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOSS OF SOIL FERTILITY DUE TO INCREASED USE OF CHEMICALS FERTILIZERS. WILL THE LAND SUSTAIN?

12. YOU MUST REALISED HOW IMPORTANT LAND IS FOR FARMING.UNFOURTUNATELY,NOT ALL THE PEOPLE ENGAGED IN AGRICULTURE HAVE SUFFICENT LAND FOR CULTIVATION. IN PALAMPUR,ABOUT ONE THIRD OF THE 450 FAMILIES ARE LANDLESS, i.e. 150 FAMILIES,MOST OF THEM DAILTS,HAVE NO LAND FOR CULTIVATION. HOW IS LAND DISTRIBUTED BETWEEN THE FARMERS OF PALAMPUR?

13. AFTER LAND, LABOUR IS THE NEXT NECESSARY FACTOR FOR PRODUCTION.FARMING REQUIRES A GREAT DEAL OF HARD WORK. SMALL FARMER ALONG WITH THEIR FAMILIES CULTIVATE THEIR OWN FIELDS. THEY PROVIDE THE LABOUR REQUIRED FOR FARMING THEMSELVES. MEDIUM AND LARGE FARMER HIRE FARM LABOURES TO WORK ON THEIR FIELDS. WHO WILL PROVIDE THE LABOUR?

14. THE MODERN FARMING METHOD REQUIRE A GREAT DEAL OF CAPITAL,SO THAT THE FARMER NOW NEEDS MORE MONEY THAN BEFORE. MOST SMALL FARMER HAVE TO BORROW MONEY TO ARRANGE FOR THE CAPITAL.THEY BORROW FROM LARGE FARMERS OR THE TRADERS WHO SUPPLY VARIOUS INPUTS FOR CULTIVATION. THE CAPITAL NEEDD IN FARMING?

15. THE FARMING HAVE PRODUCED WHEAT ON THEIR LAND USING THE THREE FACTOR OF PRODUCTION. THE WHEAT IS HARVESTED AND PRODUCTIONIS COMPLETE. THEY RETAIN A PART OF THE WHEAT FOR THE FAMILY CONSUMPTION AND SELL THE SURPLUS WHEAT. SALE OF SURPLUS FARM PRODUCTS?

16. ONLY 25 PER CENT OF THE PEOPLE WORKING IN PALAMPUR ARE ENGAGED IN ACTIVITIES OTHER THAN AGRICULTURE. NON-FARM ACTIVITIES IN PALAMPUR

17. DAIRY IS A COMMON ACTIVITY IN MANY FAMILIES OF PALAMPUR.PEOPLE FEED THEIR BUFFALOS ON VARIOUS KIND OF GRASS AND THE JOWAR AND BAJRA DURING THR RAINY SEASON. THE MILK IS SOLD IN RAIGANJ,THE NEARBY LARGE VILLAGE. TWO TRADERS FROM SHAHPUR TOWN HAVE SET UP COLLECTION CUM CHILLING CENTRES AT RAIGANJ FROM WHERE THE MILK IS TRANSPORTED TO FAR AWAY TOWNS AND CITIES. DAIRY-THE OTHER COMMON ACTIVITY.

18. THERE ARE VARIETY OF VEHICLES ON THE ROAD CONNECTING PALAMPUR TO RAIGANJ. RICKSHAWALLAHA,TOGAWALLAHS,JEEP,TRACTOR,TRUCK DRIVER AND PEOPLE DRIVING THE TRADITIONAL BULLOCK CART AND BOGEY ARE PEOPLE IN THE TRANSPORT SERVICE. THEY FERRY PEOPLE AND GOODS FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER ,AND IN RETURN GET PAIF FOR IT. TRANSPORT:A FAST DEVELOPING SECTOR.

19. SUMMARY FARMING IS THE MAIN PRODUCTION ACTIVITY IN THE VILLAGE.OVER THE YEARS THEIR HAVE BEEN MANY IMPORTANT CANGES IN THE WAY FARMING IS PRACTISED.THESE HAVE ALLOWED THE FARMERS TO PRODUCE MORE CROPS FRO THE SAME AMOUNT OF LAND.THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ACHIVEMENT,SINCE LAND IS FIXED AND SCARE.BUT IN RAISING PRODUCTION A GREAT DEAL OF PRESSURE HAS BEEN PUT ON LAND AND OTHER NATURAL RESOURCES.