The story of village Palampur

2. The purpose of the story is to
introduce some basic concepts
relating to production and this
we do through a story of a
hypothetical village called
Palampur.

3. Farming is the main activity in
Palampur, whereas several other
activities such as small scale
manufacturing, dairy, transport, etc.
are carried out on a limited scale.
These production activities need
various types of resources — natural
resources, manmade items, human
effort, money, etc.

5.  Palampur is well developed and connected
with neighboring villages
 The story of Palampur is imaginary village
that will allow us to know about farming
well
 There 2 parts
1) FARM ACTIVITIES
2) NON FARM ACTIVITIES

6.  The first requirement is LAND.
 The second requirement is LABOUR.
 The third requirement is PHYSICAL CAPITAL.
 In physical capital there are 2 types:
FIXED CAPITAL
WORKING CAPITAL
HUMAN CAPITAL

7.  Land – The first requirement is land, and
other natural resources such as water,
forests, minerals.

8.  Some activities require fully qualified
workers and highly educated workers to
perform necessary tasks . Some activities
require only workers who have physical
capacity. But in every activity labour is vital.

9.  Tools and machine range from a very simple
tools such as farmers plough to sosphiscated
machine is called fixed capital
 The sosphiscated machine include :-
1. Generators
2. Turbines
3. Computers

10.  Production require variety of raw materials
like yarn used weaver and clay used by
potter. Also , Money is also required in
production to make payments and buy other
materials. Raw materials and money in hand
is called working capital

11. Human Capital need knowledge and
enterprise to be able to put together
land, labour and physical capital and
produce an output

12.  Farming is main activity in Palampur.
 75% of the people are working in field and
farmers.
 But there is constant rise in population ,so
the waste land are converted to cultivatable
land.
 Now, There exists no land to convert to
cultivatable land.

13.  Yes , if we use modern inputs like
HYV seeds
Fertilizers
Modern farm machinery
Pesticides
Irrigating using modern facilities
by using: 1.Canals
2.Pump sets
3.Electricity
4.Dams

14.  Land being natural resource ,it is necessary
to use very careful in its use.
 Scientific reports have stated that modern
methods have overused the natural resource.
 Green revolution is associated with loss of
soil fertility due to increased use of
chemical fertilizers

15.  In Palampur , for instance the land is distributed
on third of 450 families are landless ,i.e. 150
families .
 Of remaining families who own land , 240
families cultivate less than 2 hectares of land
which doesn't give much profit
 Remaining 60 families occupy large areas above
2 hactares and some 10 hectares of land which
gains them so much profit

16.  After land, labour is next most necessary
factor in agriculuture.
 Small farmers along their families cultivate
their own fields, thus cutting costs of labour.
 Medium and Large farmers hire farm labour
to work on their fields.
 Farm Laborers come from landless farmers
or farmers cultivating small fields.

18.  Dairy is common activity of people of non
farming category.
 The milk and other dairy products can be
sold at neighboring cities and towns at good
profit.
 This is main occupation for people in rainy
season.

19.  At , present less than 50 families are
engaged in manufacturing.
 In Palampur , manufacturing involve very
simple production methods and
 These are done with help of family
members

20.  People involved in trade are not many in
Palampur.
 The traders of Palampur are shop keepers.
 We can see small general store which sell a
whole range of rice , wheat , sugar , tea , oil
, biscuits , notebooks , soap , toothpaste ,
batteries , pens , pencils and even some
cloth materials

21.  There are variety of vehicles in Palampur
 They are rickshaws , tongas , jeeps , tractors
, trucks , traditional bullock carts etc
 The ferry people and goods to one place to
another

23. Harvester
Old model of harvesters
Scenes of village
Different types of crops

24. Different types of
seeds

25. Old way ploughing modern way

26. Thank you