A Changing Scenario of Living Condition in Rural Haryana: Special Reference to Jind District

Abstract

Living conditions are taken to mean the conditions in which social human beings live their lives or conditions related to the living standard of the people. Many social, economic, and material conditions affect the living standard of the people in a society. According to the Human Development Index (HDI), positive growth in health, education and standard of living are the important elements that reflect the development of any particular region. That is, these three elements affect the overall living condition and development of the area. Changed form of development is found according to time and place. This research study shows the changing nature of the living conditions of rural people in Jind district of Haryana State. This research work is mainly based on primary and secondary data. Information related to their living conditions has been obtained from the rural people of Jind district. Under the living conditions of the rural people, the changed form of elements related to sanitation, home floor, drinking water, annual income, education, health and consumer assets etc., has been presented. Presently, there has been a positive increase in the availability of many modern facilities in the rural areas of the district. So it can be said that according to the time the present developed villages are following the urban areas. In this research study, it was found that the living conditions of people in rural areas have moved towards a development trend in the present time as compared to 20- 30 years ago. The main objective of this research study is to present the changing living conditions of people in rural areas of Haryana state. It is hoped that this research work will prove helpful in understanding the changing living conditions in rural areas of Jind district.