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Chapter XII. Page
SOME TESTS OF AGRICULTURAL PROSPERITY. 197
The study of the general economic condition of the
people by means of tests like the extension of area
under cultivation, increase in the number of plough-
cattle, increase in the number of ploughs, increase
in the number of carts, rise in land-values, rise in
rentals, rise in the prices of agricultural produce,
ease with which land revenue is paid and improve-
ments in methods of cultivation.
Chapter XIII.
THE STANDARD OF LIVING OP THE PEOPLE. 212
The definition of the phrase 'standard of living*.
The methods of studying the standard of living of a
people. Grouping of the people of the village for
studying their standard of living. The standard budget
adopted for group I. The standard budget adopted for
group II. The standard budget adopted' for group III.
Chapter XIV.
THE ECONOMIC CONDITION OF THE PEOPLE. 227
The balance-sheet of income and expenditure for the
village as a whole. Discussion of the economic condition
of the people as divided into economic groups and
as divided into racial groups: the Kaliparaj and the
Ujaliparaj. Causes of poverty: the small size of the
holding, overpopulation and indebtedness. The pro-
gramme of reconstruction.
Chapter XV.
CREDIT AND INDEBTEDNESS. 247
The extent, main features and causes of the indebted-
ness of the people. Description of the organisation of
agricultural credit in the village. A critical examination
of the working of the Local Co-operative Credit Society.
Services rendered by the Society. Work to be done by
it. The necessity of a Land Mortgage Bank to assist
it in improving the economic condition of the
people.