
Imagine the different development goals of different people and complete the table given below:
Category of person
Development goals
Landless rural labourers
More days of work and better wages; local school can provide quality education for their children; there is no social discrimination, and they too can become leaders in the village.
Prosperous farmers from Punjab
Farmers who depend only on rain for growing crops
A rural woman from a land-owning family
Urban unemployed youth
A boy from a rich urban family
A girl from a rich urban family
She gets as much freedom as her brother and can decide what she wants to do in life. She can pursue her studies abroad.
An adivasi from Narmada valley

Important Questions on Development
Why do different persons have different notions of development? Which of the following explanations is more important and why?
(a) Because people are different.
(b) Because life situations of persons are different.

Do the following two statements mean the same? Justify your answer.
(a) People have different developmental goals.
(b) People have conflicting developmental goals



Look at the picture and discuss what should be the developmental goals for such an area.

Let us consider two countries, A and B. For the sake of simplicity, we have assumed that they have only five citizens each. Based on data given in Table , calculate the average income for both the countries:
Country | I | II | III | IV | V |
COUNTRY A | |||||
COUNTRY B |


