Question

1. (a) What are non-farm activities and why do we need to expand these activities in villages?
(b) Explain with the help of examples how non-farm activities will reduce the problem of migration?​

Answer 1

Explanation:

a) Non-farming activities can include various ventures like handicrafts, household as well as non-household small-scale manufacturing, construction, mining, quarrying, repair, transport, community service etc, but of course in the designated rural areas.

b) Secondly, if properly strategized, non-farming activities may prevent the migration of many rural people from rural to urban spaces, due to lack of employment opportunity. Thirdly, when employment opportunities go beyond the quintessential agricultural economy, it helps to bridge the urban-rural economic lacuna.

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