Effectct of Changes in Land Use on Income and Expenditure Pattern of the Selected Households in North and South Direction of Raipur Town

Abstract

Agriculture forms the backbone of the Indian economy and despite concerted industrialization in the last five decades; agriculture occupies a pride of place. As the largest private enterprise in India, agriculture contributes, nearly one fourth of the national G.D.P, sustains livelihood of about two thirds of population and is the backbone of agro-based industries. It is paradoxical situation that on the one hand more production is required from the scares soil resources for meeting the demand of everexpanding population, while on the other, cultivable areas are being shifted towards non-agricultural uses. To compute the compound growth rate of land use pattern, trend analysis was done. The double cropped area of Chhattisgarh increased from 664111 hectares in (2000-01) to 972729 hectares in (2009-10). Registering the significant growth rate of about 4.38 per cent at the 5 per cent level of probability. To know the dynamics of land transaction data were collected for the year 2005-06 before and 2009-10 present, from North and South direction at 10, 20 and 30 kilometres away from the Raipur town. The study has revealed that major shifts of land from the Agricultural to nonAgricultural uses. The overall income from nonfarm and offfarm were increased in terms of the total income of households. However the share of farm income was decreased in terms of overall income of the households at present, Major consequences pertaining to land sale has to be found gambling and addiction of alcoholisms (63.33), loan repayments (21.67), got higher price of land (38.33), distress sale (15.00) per cent. The study suggested that there are great scope for further extension of area of land under cultivation, as the existence of 17.29 per cent of total geographical area is under fallow and cultivable wasteland this can be brought under cultivation in Raipur and Durg district of Chhattisgarh. It is also suggested that government and farmers agricultural land should not be transferred in to the nonAgricultural uses.