Question

Who provides for farming activities in the village of Palampur? Write about them in short.

Answer 1

Hint: Palampur is a hypothetical village portrayed in the textbook. The purpose of this example is to explain in detail about the agricultural activities and all the production and other activities that take place in a village.

Complete answer step by step:
In the village of Palampur, the large and the medium farmers, who own more than 10 acres of land hire labourers to do the farming on their land. These farmers provide for farming activities.
- The small farmers and labourers usually come from landless families or have very small plots of land for the entire family to cultivate on. They do not have a right over the crops grown on the land of the farmers who rent them their land or who hire them for work. Instead, these farmers and labourers are paid wages by the farmer for whom they work. Wages can be in cash or kind. For example, their harvested crop.
- These small farmers who work, get paid less than the government guaranteed minimum wages by the big farmers. They are only paid around rupees 60 per day.
- Sometimes these small farmers and labourers get paid in the form of meals also. The wages provided to these farmers differ for every region and also from time to time.
-The duration of the work that these labourers get is also not fixed. These farmers are most of the time not employed for the entire year. They usually work for one period, as the harvesting period.

Note: Farming is a primary sector activity in India. From the year 1947, almost 60% of our country’s population depends on agriculture. The aim is to make them take up secondary and tertiary sector activities to develop India.