NCERT Solutions for Class 11 Economics Chapter 6 Rural Development

Q.1: On a monthly basis, go through the newspapers of your region and identify the problems raised by them in relation to rural areas and the solutions offered. You could also visit a nearby village and identify the problems faced by people there. Discuss this in the classroom.

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Q.2: Prepare a list of recent schemes and their objectives from the government website http://www.rural.nic.in.

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Q.3: In your locality/neighbourhood, you might notice self-help groups providing credit. Attend few meetings of such self-help groups. Write a report on the profile of a self-help group. The profile may include — when it was started, the number of members, amount of savings and type of credit they provide and how borrowers use the loan.

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Q.4: You might also find that those who take a loan for starting self-employment activities but use it for other purposes. Interact with few such borrowers. Identify the reasons for not starting self employment activities and discuss in the classroom.

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Q.5: In the last few years, you might have taken note — in your neighbourhood if you are living in rural areas or read in the newspapers or seen on TV — of farmers commiting suicides. Many such farmers had borrowed money for farming and other purposes. It was found that when they were unable to pay back due to crop failure, insufficient income and employment opportunities, they took such steps. Collect information relating to such cases and discuss in the classroom.

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