International Journal of Research in Social Sciences
Year : 2019, Volume : 9, Issue : 6
First page : ( 841) Last page : ( 853)
Online ISSN : 2249-2496.

Transforming rural life, rural non-sustainability and possibilities to enhance the rural livelihood

Raveesh S.

Research Scholar, Department of Sociology, Bangalore University, Karnataka, India

Online published on 27 September, 2019.

Abstract

Indian rural scenario is neither ‘self sufficient’ nor ‘isolated’ today. Indian rural scenario is transforming and the rate of change is increased in modern days. Not only the outer world is entering into the villages, but also the villagers are very curious to know the outer world. The consumption pattern of rural community is under rapid change and consumable products which are there in the basket of ‘consumption’ are increasing day by day. But, in one hand, the major proportions of products which are there in the basket of consumable products are producing outside the border of village. On the other hand, the changing consumption requirements are not at all fulfilled within the boundary of village. The chain which links production and consumption i.e. exchange has to transform according to the market trend. But the main livelihood source of rural community i.e. agriculture is in threat. Due to the non-sustainable nature of rural area, rural economy is in crisis and they are migrating to urban area in search of livelihood. Even after series of fluctuation in rural life, still there are possibilities to enhance the livelihood opportunities in villages and the executable livelihood opportunities are explored in this study. This piece of writing is an outcome of the research conducted in eight selected villages of Ramanagara district of Karnataka state located in southern part of India.

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Keywords

Rural Livelihood, Indian Villages, Rural Community.

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