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The Story Of Village Palampur

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How did the spread of electricity help farmers in Palampur?

Solution

The spread of electricity has helped farmers in Palampur in following ways:

(i)Electric-run tubewells can Irrigate much larger areas of land.

(ii)Electricity has transformed the system of Irrigation.

(iii)Electricity has reduce the pollution because it is a cheap and pollution free source of Irrigation.

(iv)The persian wheels are being replaced by tubewells.

(v) It also helps the farmers by threshing and drilling of crops.

Some More Questions From The Story Of Village Palampur Chapter

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?

On what terms did Savita get a loan from Tajpal Singh? Would Savita’s condition be different if she could get a loan from the bank at a low rate of interest?

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