Or Weakness. INDIAN VILLAGE: The soul of India live in its village -M.K. Gandhi India is land of villages. There are more than 6,40,000 villages in India. According to 2011 census, more than 68.48% people live in villages. They depend mostly on Agriculture, Small Scale Industries.
Indian villages are our strength:
In villages Rice, Wheat, and all the Grains are produced. Villages are the backbone of India. Ecological balance is maintaining by villages, because of the environment of villages. Indias economy depends a lot upon agriculture sector. India is well known for its traditional & cultural values, which can be seen more in villages. In villages, people have peaceful life compared to people of cities. Village people have more unity, helping nature, hardworking nature. In villages, Health will be good because of the consumption of natural food and good environment. Once, India was called as Golden Bird due to villages.
Today, agriculture contributes only about 23% to
GDP while during independence, it contributed more than 60%.
Indian villages are our weakness:
Illiteracy rate is high in villages.
Poverty lies more in villages. Unemployment lies more in villages. Lack of water facility, transport facility, educational institutes. Increase in population because of high illiteracy rate in villages.
Infant mortality rate is high because of illiteracy.
The health infrastructure in villages is very low despite of the high vulnerability of village folks to diseases and health disorder.
Conclusion:
Villages are definitely an important part of our
economy with more than 70% of the population living in villages. They are responsible for the production of food, milk, and milk products without which our country will not able to survive.
The presence of industries in villages adds to the
fact that they are the centers of economic activity. Such important villages have to be our strength for our country to develop rapidly. But many hurdles have stopped this from happening. Government should provide loans and provide them chance to sell their products directly to costumers.
Government should concern about education and
basic needs of village people. Villages are definitely our strength. But because of less support for agriculture, village people are migrating to cities.