Development Ch:1
- Landless rural labourers
- Prosperous farmers from Punjab
- Farmers who depend only on rain for growing crops
- A rural woman from a land owning family
- Urban unemployed youth
- A boy from a rich urban family
- A girl from a rich urban family
- An adivasi from Narmada valley
- What is development?
- Different persons can have different developmental goals, Discuss
- ANS Different person can have different developmental goals because they come from different backgrounds. For example, A girl expects as much freedom and opportunity as her brother, and that he also shares in the household work. Her brother may not like this.
- Different persons may have conflicting developmental goals.’ Explain
- ANS For example a rural landless farmer wants better wages whereas a richer farmer wants a hardworking and cheap Labour as a result it creates a conflicts between the landless farmer and the landlord,so people have conflicting development goals.
- What may be development for one may not be development for the other. It may even be destructive for the other, Discuss
- For development, people look at a mix of goals
- Give some examples where factors other than income are important aspects of our lives.
- Money in your pocket cannot buy all the goods and services that you may need to live well.
- What is average income? What is another name of average income?
- In World Development Reports, brought out by the World Bank, What criterion is used in classifying countries. Discuss.
- Define -
- Infant Mortality Rate (or IMR) indicates the number of children that die before the age of one year as a proportion of 1000 live children born in that particular year.
- Literacy Rate measures the proportion of literate population in the 7-and-above age group.
- Net Attendance Ratio is the total number of children of age group 14 and 15 years attending school as a percentage of total number of children in the same age group.
- What is the main criterion used by the World Bank in classifying different countries? What are the limitations of this criterion, if any?
- In what respects is the criterion used by the UNDP for measuring development different from the one used by the World Bank?
- Why do we use averages? Are there any limitations to their use? Illustrate with your own examples related to development.
- Kerala, with lower per capita income has a better human development ranking than Haryana. Hence, per capita income is not a useful criterion at all and should not be used to compare states. Do you agree? Discuss.
- Why is the issue of sustainability important for development?
- What is BMI ?
- What is HDI ? What are its 3 perimeters?
- What is sustainable development
- What is the average income of a nation called?
- ANS- PER CAPITAL INCOME
- Why does Kerala have low infant mortality rate?
- ANS- Kerala has a low infant mortality rate because it has adequate provision of basic health and educational facilities.
- Give some examples where factors other than income are important aspects of our lives
- Why do you think average income is an important criterion for development