The following Table 1.1 shows the land under cultivation in India in units of million hectares. Plot this on the graph provided. What does the graph show? Discuss in class.

Table 1.1: Cultivated area over the years.

Year	Cultivated Area
1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000	120 130 140 140 140 140

Every village in India is surveyed once in ten years during the Census and some of details are presented in the following format. Fill up the following based on information on Palampur.

FACILITIES:

Modern farming methods require more inputs which are manufactured in industry. Do you agree?

How did the spread of electricity help farmers in Palampur?

Is it important to increase the area under irrigation? Why?

Construct a table on the distribution of land among the 450 families of Palampur.

Why are the wages for farm labourers in Palampur less than minimum wages?

In your region, talk to two labourers. Choose either farm labourers or labourers working at construction sites. What wages do they get? Are they paid in cash or kind? Do they get work regularly? Are they in debt?

What are the different ways of increasing production on the same piece of land? Use examples to explain.

Describe the work of a farmer with one hectare of land.

How do the medium and large farmers obtain capital for farming? How is it different from the small farmers?