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You are residing in a village. If you are asked to advice the village panchayat, what kinds of activities would you suggest for the improvement of your village which would also generate employment.

Answer:

Following activities can be undertaken for the improvement of the village which would also generate employment (i) Poverty alleviation programmes providing employment generation opportunities such as construction of roads, schools, etc- (ii) Provision of services in areas such as primary health and primary education, which can employ educated youth of the village after training them. (iii) provision for safe drinking water and sanitation facilities by employing village population in construction of these facilities. (iv) Providing assistance for people to buy income and employment generating assets. (v) Development of community assets by generating wage employment through construction of houses, financial assistance for constructing houses, laying of rural roads, etc. (vi) Development of wastelands/degraded lands to improve agricultural production and farm incomes.