Indian villages - our

strength or our
weakness?

WHAT IS A VILLAGE ?
A village is a combination of houses situated
together for sociability and defence and
land surrounding the living is farmed. This
farmland might extend for as much as a
mile(1.6km) and each family is having
different- different proportions of land.

Now the question arises whether

Indian village our strength or our
weakness?
INDIAN VILLAGE The name itself brings
in a lot of happiness and fun-filled
memories.
Villages act as a backbone of our
country.The term itself signifies strength.

 TOWN

Indian Village as a Strength

CONTRIBUTION IN GDP
DEPENDENCY
SMALL SCALE BUSINESS
GOOD ENVIRONMENT
LIMITED WANTS
TRADITION AND CULTURE
PEOPLE POTENTIAL

Contribution of agriculture in GDP

India gross domestic product (GDP) means the
total value of all the services and goods that are
manufactured within the territory of the nation
within the specified period of time. The economy
of India is the twelfth biggest in comparison to
that of others in the whole world, for it has the
GDP of US$ 1.09 trillion in 2007. The country
has the second fastest major growing economy
in the whole world with the GDP growing at the
rate of 9.4% in 2006- 2007.

Agriculture sector
S.
N
o
1.

2.

Item

2007-08

2008-09

Growth in GDP in agriculture & allied sectors

4.9

1.6

Share in GDP - Agriculture and allied sectors

17.8

17.1

GDP - share and growth (per cent at 1999-00 prices)

Agriculture

16.3

Forestry and logging

0.7

Fishing

0.8

Share in total gross capital formation in the country (per cent at 1999-00 prices)
Share of agriculture & allied sectors in total gross capital

3.

4.

6.7

Agriculture

5.7

Forestry and logging

0.1

Fishing

0.9

Agricultural imports & exports (per cent at current prices)

Agricultural imports to national imports

3.1

Agricultural exports to national exports

12.2

Employment in the agriculture sector as share of total

employment in 2004-05 as per Current Daily Status (per cent)

52.1

Dependency
70% population depend on agriculture
Employment
For food,grains,tea,coffee etc

SMALL SCALE BUSINESS

KHADI & HANDLOOM

SERICULTURE
HANDICRAFT
VILLAGE INDUSTRIES
COIR
BELL METAL

GOOD ENVIRONMENT

LIMITED WANTS

TRADITION AND CULTURE

PEOPLE POTENTIAL

HARD WORKER
UNITY
CULTURAL VALUES
POSITIVE ATTITUDE

Then what is reason for farmers

suicide?
Farmers need are not
taken into count
No helpline
Less awareness
Less financial resources

WHAT AILS INDIAN VILLAGES

LESS AWARENESS
OLD BELIEFS
NOT HAVING PROPER FACILITIES
AGRICULTURE MAY NOT YIELD THEM
SUFFICIENT MONEY
MOVE TOWARDS CITIES
FORGET THE VALUES OF VILLAGE

CONCLUSION

THANKS FOR
KIND
ATTENTION