Rural India A Monthly Devoted to Rural Problem August 1942

The consideration of the second suggesion in the scheme of applying more labour to the existing land in an old country like India is out of question on account of the difficulty 355THE RURAL INDIA FOR AUGUST 1942 of adjusting the price of the agricultural produce to the fluctuations of a competitive market. [...] The fourth suggestion in the scheme is that the food supply can be increased "by improving the organisation of the productive resources of agriculture getting the right crop on the right land combined with the right management and labour ". In this connection suffice it to say that the greatest factor that has dictated ' the policy of the distribution of crops in India is the problem of equati [...] Srimati Kamaladevi was the Convener of the Training Camp Sub-Committee the framer of the Rules of the Camp the scouter for its pupils the collector for its scholarships and donations the creator of its notable curriculum the hostess of its visitors the ever-vigilant and self-sacrificing superitendent of duties and details an outstanding demonstration of group-consciousness. [...] The problem of providing credit to a complex rural industry like agriculture is itself a difficult problem and in India the complexties of the problem are increased by the wide local variations in the general conditions of living and farming and by the difficulty of correctly assessing the inherent risk and security of farming The nature of our rural organisation renders the provision of Agri [...] 2. The Unit of Production in Agricultural Organisation Generally the typical agricultural farm as a unit of production tends everywhere to be smaller than the representative factory from the point of view of the amount of labour employed the extent of capital invested and the value of the annual turnover.