Page 1 : QU, , 1. You have probably noticed that people in Kalp, , Ans., , Ans., , ESTIONS attu are engaged in a variety of non-farm work. List five of, , these., people of Kalpattu are engaged are:, ————, , The non-farm workin which the, , (a) People engagedin making baskets, utensi, (b) People who provide services like blacksmi, (c) Shopkeepers like tea shops, barber shop., , (d) Repairshops. ,, {e) Construction workers and lorry drivers., |pattu who depend on farming. Who is the poorest, , List the different types of people you read about in Ka, , among themand why?, , The people in Kalpattu who depend on farming are :, , (a) Landowners, who have their farms and employ workers to work on their fields., , (b) Farmers with small plots on land, who do all their work themselves. Sometimes they take the help of, other farmers andinturn help them to harvest their fields., , (c) Landless labourers, who work on the land of others, =, , The poorest among them are landless peasants who work very hard but are unable to meet their needs. |, , The landless labourers are out of work for a few months ina year, when there is no workin the field. Ae, , imagine you are a member of a fishing family and you are discussing whether to take a loan from the bank, , Is, pots, bricks., th, washermen, weavers, teachers and nurses., , for an engine. What would you say?, if | were a member of fishing family, | would prefer to take loan from the bank for the purchase of an engine., , Ans., Bank loan is better than loan from Money lender because the interest rate in the bank loan is less than the, , interest rate of the money lender., Poor rural labourers like Thulasi often do not have access to good medical facilities, good schools, and, , 4., other resources. You have read about inequality in the first unit of this text. The difference between her, , Ans., , and Ramalingam is one of inequality. Do you think this is a fair situation? What do you think can be done?, , Discussin class., India is a vast country in which there is a lot of difference between labourers and landlords} The main, , _ difference between them is that of living standard. In my opinion, inequality is nota fair situation, “The government should take following steps to remove inequality :, , a, , PA Some of lands should be given to the land less labourers.