Page 2 - Home Assignment_ Change and Development in Rural Society
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b) Jan Breman
c) Alice Thorner
d) Daniel Thorner
14) _________ is an effort of Indian government in agricultural growth.
15) The efforts done by the government at rural development was not only to
transform the rural economy and agriculture, but also ___________ and
_________.
16) The process of diversification gave rise to new ____________ group.
a) middle class
b) Urban middle class
c) Elite class
d) Entrepreneurial
17) Labourers migrate due to increasing _________ in rural areas from the
mid-1990s, which have forced many households to combine multiple
occupations to sustain themselves.
18) Women are also emerging as the main source of agricultural labour,
leading to the _______________.
19) The policy entails in the ______ which aims bring about a more free
international trading system and requires the opening up of Indian markets to
imports.
20)__________ farming has sociological significance that it disengages many
people from the production process and makes their own indigenous
knowledge of agriculture irrelevant.
❖ 2 marks
1) What are the various occupations followed in rural society?
2) What does 'agrarian structure' refer to?
3) What is 'Rajiyatwari System'?
4) What are 'Benami transfers'?
5) How did Green Revolution benefit Indian Agriculture initially?
