visit the village occasionally may, so far as the share of
this village is concerned, be counter-balanced by the pay-
ment made by the people by way of stamp-duties, regis-
tration fees, etc., which we have omitted from our calcu-
lation of the government dues met by them.
If we take Rs. 2056 as the net cost incurred by the
government for village welfare, the average annual
receipts per head will come to 12 annas 10 pies. Thus
the dues paid by the village comes to Rs. 7-2-2 per head,
while the receipts come to 12 annas 10 pies only. It is
evident that only about 11 per cent, of what is paid to the
government is received back by the people.
One more interesting calculation and we have done.
We have seen that the per capita income for this village
is Rs. 70. Here we find that the taxation per head comes
to Rs. 7-2-2. This shows that the average individual is
taxed to the extent of about 10 per cent, of his annual
income.
CONCLUSIONS
The following are the main conclusions of this chapter :
(1) that the direct return to the village from the State,
in view of its contribution, is small; and
(2) that in a village where more than half of the popu-
lation live on the margin, this must be considered as a
drain which reduces the capacity of the people.