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Banking service chronicle
Banking service chronicle published this article page no 15 it is not a question of numbers alone processes of modern development ensure that the economic and social significance of the agrarian-rural way of life declines relative to the significance of the industrialurban way of life. this has been broadly true all over the world and it is true in india as well agriculture used to be by far the largest contributor to the countrys total economic production but today it only contributes abo...
Shine india monthly magazine
Shine india monthly magazine published this article page no 16 moreover more and more people who live in villages may no longer work in agriculture or even in the village. rural people are increasingly engaged in non-farm rural occupations like transport services business enterprises or craft manufacturing. if they are close enough then they may travel daily to the nearest urban centre to work while continuing to live in the village. mass media and communication channels are now bringing images...
Shine india monthly magazine
Shine india monthly magazine published this article page no 17 the social role of markets will be discussed in chapter. considered from an urban point of view the rapid growth in urbanisation shows that the town or city has been acting as a magnet for the rural population. those who cannot find work or sufficient work in the rural areas go to the city in search of work. this flow of rural-to-urban migration has also been accelerated by the continuous decline of common property resources like po...
Shine india monthly magazine
Shine india monthly magazine published this article page no 18 this hardship is worsened by the fact that opportunities for earning cash income are limited in the villages. sometimes the city may also be preferred for social reasons specially the relative anonymity it offers. the fact that urban life involves interaction with strangers can be an advantage for different reasons. for the socially oppressed groups like the scheduled castes and scheduled tribes this may offer some partial protectio...
Shine india monthly magazine
Shine india monthly magazine published this article page no 19 all these reasons make the city an attractive destination for the villagers. the swelling cities bear testimony to this flow of population. this is evident from the rapid rate of urbanisation in the post-independence period. while urbanisation has been occurring at a rapid pace it is the biggest cities – the metropolises – that have been growing the fastest. these metros attract migrants from the rural areas as well as f...