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Q.State Ambedkar's economic ideas on agricultural economy.
Tamil Nadu DgeTamil Nadu HSC First Year (DGE) Commerce Board 2022Subjective· 3mImportance★★★★★
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Start your 14-day free trial to unlock the full solution →In his essay 'Small Holdings in India and their Remedies', Dr. B.R. Ambedkar argued that the key to agricultural progress is more capital and the shifting of surplus labour to industry, not just the consolidation of small holdings.
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar's economic ideas on the agricultural economy (as studied in the Tamil Nadu HSC Class-11 Economics syllabus) include:
- Small holdings are not the root problem — the real weakness of Indian agriculture is the want of capital and the presence of too much idle / surplus labour (disguised unemployment) on the land.
- Industrialisation as the remedy — surplus agricultural labour should be absorbed into industries, which would raise productivity both in industry and on the farm.
- Capital, not just land — increasing capital investment matters more than merely enlarging the size of holdings. …
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