A project on The Employment in a rural village

The survey was conducted by our group in the

village Balarampur,near the IIT campus. Survey
conducted to get an overview of the employment
status of the rural people . Our presentation is based
on the existing employment scenario in the village
and improvements that can be made up them . We
have focused on implementation that can be made
for effective and long-lasting development of rural
people.
1. To know their employment means and status
2. To find out feasible solution
3. To implement the solution
The village is based on panchayat Raj system.
the number of people living the village is around 500 people
and nearly 90% of people are below poverty line and on an
average each working person will have employment for 8
months in an year.

Chronic and seasonal Unemployment .
Major source of income is Cultivation of paddy or domestication.
Average wage per head:Rs.120/day (daily wage earners)
Few work in a nearby hospital or labour in any kind of economic source.
Most of them dont have good cemented house.





total women working :100

o Unemployment
o Illiteracy
o Low income
o Big family and poor sanitation
o Bad transportation
Population explosion.
Inappropriate Technology
Lack of proper skills and the demand for high skilled labour.
Lack of ample Industries for employing the people.
Defective Education System.
Lack of proper irrigational facilities.
Lack of proper local markets.
Lack of resources and management.
Local Corruption.

Illiteracy is one of the biggest problem because it is one of the root cause
for many major problems.

Most of the children have an education up to 10
th
std, after which they start
doing work to support their families

Mostly girls are illiterates and this is one major problem.

A Few of the youth had received their degrees but are free due to lack of
jobs.

The average income of a family is around 100-150 rupees per day
In many cases there is only one member who earns and the condition of
these families are very bad
They do not have much choices on occupation. Most of them are
involved in wood cutting and selling them in near-by market.
Some sell milk to the people in their locality and a few are involved in
distributing newspapers.


Women raise kids
throughout their
youth and in the
spare time weave
baskets to add to the
family income.

The extra money is
also wasted in
tobacco and alcohol.

Diversification of Crop-economy
Implementing of Agro-processing and Agricultural Allied activities.
Fire-clay Brick making(for men)
Hand crafts items(for women)

West bengal is the largest producer of food crops like Rice and is a
major producer of Vegetables and Jute.
Bengal is the leading producer of rice with 14.5 Million tonnes (in
cultivable area of 5.78 M.Hec @ 2509 kg/Hec)[2005-2006]
Growth rate of rice production greater than the growth rate of
population(Growth rate of rice production[3.5% p.a] > Growth rate of
population[1.7% p.a]
Heavy dependence on other states for crops like Maize, oil seeds, Wheat
,pulses ,e.t.c.
Steady need for Crop-diversification in Bengal.
Crop Diversification is part of the 10
th
& 11
th
5-year plans.

Using better varieties of seeds
Improved technology
Cottage industries must be enhanced
Financial SMEs should be focussed at
Education must be imparted
Small jobs should be made available


For a sustainable & feasible solution to endup with, fire clay and
ash fly brick making could be the right choice for the rural
unemployed.
This sector require minimal skills and understanding to work on
daily basis.
The ever rising demand for building blocks of construction (bricks)
can handle heavy quantities of human labour, employing mass
rural youth and middle aged.
This work although skill free and understanding free, requires a
hard labour to work in the brick baking factories.Hence more
suited for men .
A small brick baking plant of medium size can employ 100-150
men .
The unique feature that this kind of plant can be established
anywhere makes it the ideal choice of feasible solution.




For women with gender inequality, Hand crafts out of wire and
bags or clothe and leaf plate making is the feasible solution .
Many women in rural areas are skilled in hand crafts and are in a
position to teach their juniors to make hand craft items of
several kinds.
Hand craft items out of wire ,bags and cloths are easy to make
and easy to sell. The resources required are also cheap and
readily avilable in ordinary markets.
The process of hand craft making is not localized to a specific
factory or a location. Its performed in every household and can be
done in their free time.
The demand for handcraft items of this sort in everydays market
makes it an ideal choice for women.
Leaf-plate making is a skill free process with rate of production
and slaes. The raw materials are leaves and sticks which can be
purchased at lower prices .
This industry can employ many rural women and the work can be
performed in their house holds.


Rural people with minimum skills and education can be trained and be
employed under new schemes Agriculture-Diversification and Agro-
processing by the government.
Current policies and objectives of the government can make this true.
Besides they can be employed in brick making units and hand craft
making.
Inspite of their poverty and their willingness to work for low wages, rural
youth can be educated and be trained to work in major fields. English
teaching and computer awareness programs can be carried by the Rural
development and educational bodys like IITs.(This was least requested
when we visted them).
Inspite of the best effforts made by the government to make policies on
unemployment ,the rural people are completely unaware of it. The Rural
development body should take proper initiatives to teach them what
they need to learn.