The Story Of Village Palampur

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1. The Story
Of Village
Palampur

2. INTRODUCTION
❖Palampur is a
hypothetical
(imaginary) village.

❖Farming is the main
activity in Palampur.

❖The village also has
several non-farming
activities such as dairy,
transport, etc, carried
out on a limited scale.

3. GEOGRAPHY OF PALAMPUR
❖Palampur is well-connected with
neighbouring villages like
RAIGANJ (3 kms from Palampur)
and towns like SHAHPUR.
❖Many kinds of transport are
visible like bullock carts, tongas,
bogeys, motorcycles, jeeps,
tractors and trucks.
❖Most of the houses have electric
connections.
❖This village has 2 primary schools,
1 high school and 1 primary health
centre run by the government and
1 private dispensary.

4. PEOPLE OF PALAMPUR
❖About 450 families belonging
to different caste live here.
❖There are 80 upper caste
families. They own the
majority of land in the village.
Live in big houses.
❖The SCs comprise one third of
the population (150 families)
and live in one corner of the
village and in much smaller
houses.

5. ORGANISATION OF PRODUCTION
❖The main aim of
production is to produce
goods and services.

❖Factors Of Production-

1. Land
2. Labour
3. Physical capital
4. Human Capital

6. LAND
❖Land includes all free
gifts of nature.

❖It includes soil, water,
forests, minerals, etc.

7. LABOUR
❖Labour is people who
will do the work.

❖Includes skilled and
unskilled labour. But
mostly unskilled
labour

❖Physical as well as
mental labour.

8. PHYSICAL CAPITAL
Fixed Capital Working Capital
❖These can be used in
production over
many years.
❖Eg: Tools, machines,
buildings.

❖These are used up in
production.
❖Eg: Raw materials
and money in hand.

9. ❖We need knowledge
and enterprise to be
able to put together
land, labour and physical
capital and produce an
output.

HUMAN CAPITAL

10. LAND IS FIXED
❖Farming is the main production activity in
Palampur.
❖75% of the people who are working are
dependent on farming for their livelihood.
❖They could be farmers or farm labourers.
❖Land area under cultivation is fixed.
❖There has been no expansion in land area under
cultivation since 1960.
❖NOTE: Local units of measurement are bigha,
guintha etc. Standard unit of measuring land is
hectare. 1 hectare equals the area of a square
with one side measuring 100 metres.

11. MAIN CROPS OF PALAMPUR
❖ In the rainy
season, farmers
grow jowar and
bajra. (Kharif)
❖In the winter
season wheat is
grown. (Rabi)
❖Potato as the third
crop.

12. Is there a way one can grow more
from the same land?

❖Yes, by using inputs like -
1.HYV seeds
2.Fertilizers Modern
3.Farm machinery
4.Pesticides
5.Irrigating

❖Multiple cropping &
Modern Farming.

13. MULTIPLE CROPPING
❖To grow more than one crop
on a piece of land during the
year is known as multiple
cropping.
❖It is the most common way of
increasing production on a
given piece of land.
❖All farmers in Palampur grow
at least two main crops ,
many are growing potato as
the third crop in the past
fifteen to twenty years.

14. ❖In this type of farming , high
yielding varieties seeds are
used.
❖As a result same piece of land
produce larger quantities of
food grains.
❖In India Farmers of Punjab,
Haryana and Western Uttar
Pradesh were the first to try
out the modern farming
method.
❖The HYVs are capable of
producing more amount of
grain on one plant.
MODERN CROPPING

15. ❖In the later 1960s, the Green
Revolution introduced the
Indian farmer to cultivation of
wheat and rice using high
yielding varieties (HYVs) of
seeds.
❖The yield of wheat grown from
the traditional varieties was
1300 kg per hectare. With HYV
seeds, the yield went up to
3200 kg per hectare.
❖Dr. MS Swaminathan is known
as the FATHER OF GREEN
REVOLUTION.
GREEN REVOLUTION

16. WILL THE LAND
SUSTAIN?
❖Modern farming methods
have overused the natural
resource base.
❖Due to increased use of
chemical fertilisers, the
soil lost its fertility.
❖Natural resources like soil
fertility and groundwater
are destroyed and it is
very difficult to restore
them.

17. DISTRIBUTION OF LAND IN PALAMPUR
❖150 families in Palampur are landless.
❖240 families cultivate small plots of land less 2
hectares in size and remaining 60 families cultivate
more than 2 hectares of land.
❖A few of the large farmers cultivate 10 hectares or
more than 10 hectares of land.

18. WHO WILL PROVIDE THE LABOUR?
❖Small farmers along with their
families cultivate their own fields.
❖Medium and large farmers hire
farm labourers to work on their
fields.
❖Why do farm laborers earn less
than minimum wages in Palampur?
The minimum wages for farm
laborers is set by the government
is ₹300 per day. But the farm
laborers earn less than this amount
because there is heavy competition
for work along the farm laborers in
Palampur. So people agree to work
for lower wages.

19. MERITS AND DEMERITS OF
GREEN REVOLUTION
MERITS DEMERITS
●Higher yield due to the use of HYV
seeds.
●Loss of soil fertility due to
increased use of chemical
fertilizers.
●Machines like harvesters, tractors
and threshers have made
ploughing and harvesting faster
and easier.
●Continuous use of groundwater
for tube well irrigation has
reduced the water table below the
ground.
●Pesticides and insecticides are
able to protect the crops from
pests and insects.
●They may kill bacteria and other
microorganisms helpful for the
soil.
●A good irrigation system is able to
enhance crop production.
●Excessive use of fertilizers makes
soil alkaline, unfit for cultivation.

20. CAPITAL NEEDED IN FARMING
❖Huge capital is required in
the method of modern
farming.
❖Small farmers borrow money
from large farmers or the
village money lenders. The
rate of interest on such loans
is very high.
❖Medium and large farmers
have their own savings from
farming. They are thus able
to arrange for the capital
needed.

21. SALE OF SURPLUS FARM
PRODUCTS
❖Surplus products are sold to
medium or large farmers by
the small farmers.
❖After that, medium and
large farmers sell their
surplus directly to the
market
❖The traders buy the
products from market and
sell the products to
shopkeepers in the towns
and cities.

22. NON-FARMING ACTIVITIES

23. DAIRY FARMING
❖Dairy is a common
activity in many families
of Palampur.
❖The milk is sold in Raiganj,
the nearby large village.
❖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.

24. SMALL-SCALE MANUFACTURING
❖Less than fifty people are
engaged in manufacturing
in Palampur.
❖Unlike the manufacturing
that takes place in the big
factories in the towns and
cities, manufacturing in
Palampur involves very
simple production methods.
❖They are carried out mostly
at home or in the fields with
the help of family labour.

25. SHOPKEEPING
❖Traders of Palampur buy
various goods from
wholesale markets in the
cities and sell them in the
village.
❖General stores in the
village sell a wide range
of items like rice, wheat,
biscuits, soap,
notebooks, pencil, even
some types of cloth.

26. TRANSPORT
❖Transport services
include rickshaws,
tonga, jeep, tractor,
truck drivers,
traditional bullock cart
and bogey.
❖They transport people
and goods from one
place to another and in
return get paid for it.

27. SUMMARY MIND MAP

28. QUIZ
Based on your understanding of the lesson, answer the following questions.
1. The terms ‘Bigha’ and ‘Guintha’ are _______________ .
2. Which is most abundant factor of production in India?
(a) Land (b) Capital (c) Labour (d) Tools & Machines
3. HYV seeds stand for ___________________.
4. How many families lives in Village Palampur?
5. Where do most of the small farmers borrow money to arrange for the
capital in Palampur?
6. Name any two non-farming activities of palampur.
7. Which of the following is grown in the rainy season?
(a) Jowar and bajra (b) Wheat (c) Soyabean (d) Rice
8. Which of the following is fixed capital?
(a) Tools and machines (b) Fertilisers and pesticides (c) Soil (d) Seeds
Answers in next slide

29. ANSWERS
1. The terms ‘Bigha’ and ‘Guintha’ are local units of measurement.
2. Which is most abundant factor of production in India?
(a) Land (b) Labour (c) Capital (d) Tools & Machines
3. HYV seeds stand for high yielding variety seeds.
4. How many families lives in Village Palampur? - 450 families
5. Where do most of the small farmers borrow money to arrange for the
capital in Palampur? - Money lenders in village
6. Name any two non-farming activities of palampur. - Dairy farming,
transport, shopkeeping, small - scale manufacturing. (any two)
7. Which of the following is grown in the rainy season?
(a) Rice (b) Wheat (c) Soyabean (d) Jowar and bajra
8. Which of the following is fixed capital?
(a) Tools and machines (b) Fertilisers and pesticides (c) Soil (d) Seeds