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SAI International School
2025-26
Class IX
Chapter-1 The story of Village Palampur
Subtopic- 4
• Who will provide the labour?
• Capital needed in farming
• Sale of Surplus Farm Products
Lesson Notes
WHO WILL PROVIDE THE LABOUR?
• BIG FARMERS
• MEDIUM FARMERS
• SMALL/MARGINAL FARMERS
• FARM LABOURERS
•They get less wage
Story of Dala •They face difficulty in finding a job.
and Ramkali
•The large farmers hire them for a limited number of days.
•Because of the the modern machineries like tractors,
Dala & harvestors, they are getting less work
Ramkali
•Got caught up in debt trap
•Due to heavy competition of work among the farm labourers
Their in Palampur, so they have to agree to work for lower wages.
problems
THE CAPITAL NEEDED IN FARMING
• BIG FARMERS-
- They get more production from their land and by selling it in the market they are able to get a
high income.
• Medium FARMERS-
- They hire farm labourers to work on their fields.
- Even they are able to get more income and lend loans to the small farmers and land less
labourers.
• SMALL FARMERS AND LANDLESS LABOURERS-
- They have small or no land holdings
