2. Why are the wages for farm labourers in Rampur less than minimum wages? (AS1
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3. Talk to two labourers from your region. 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? (AS3)
4. What are the different ways of increasing production on the same piece of land? Use examples to explain. (AS1)
5. How do the medium and large farmers obtain capital for farming? How is it different from the small farmers? (AS1)
6. On what terms did Savita get a loan from Tejpal ? Would Savita's condition be different if she could get a loan from the bank at a low rate of interest?(AS1)
7. Talk to some elderly persons in your region and write a small report on the changes in irrigation and changes in production methods during the last 30 years. (AS3)
8. What are the main non-farm production activities taking place in your region? Write a brief report on any one such activity. (AS3)
9. Imagine a situation where labour is the scarce factor of production instead of land.Would the story of Rampur be different? How? Discuss in class. (AS1)
10. Gosaipur and Majauli are two villages in North Bihar. Out of a total of 850 households in the two villages, there are more than 250 men who are employed in rural Punjab and Haryana or in Delhi, Mumbai, Surat, Hyderabad or Nagpur. Such migration is common in most villages across India. Why do people migrate? Can you describe (based on your imagination and previous chapter) the work that the migrants of Gosaipur and Majauli might do at the place of destination?(AS4)
11. Land is also required for production of goods in an urban area. In what ways is the use of land different from a rural area? (AS1)
12. Read again the meaning of “land” in the production process. Give three examples, other than agriculture, where this requirement is most significant in the process of production. (AS1)
13. Water, a natural resource for production, particularly agricultural production, now requires greater capital for its use. What is your opinion on it ? (AS2 )Imagine a situation where labour is the scarce factor of production instead of land. Would the story of Rampur be different? How? Discuss in class. (AS1
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