Need Assessment for Livelihood of the Households in a Selected Village in Uttar Pradesh: Some Observations

By : Bhaskar Majumder

Page No: 88-95

Abstract
The purpose of this paper was to examine the types of needs that the households of the selected village could fulfil and could expect to fulfil. The objectives of the paper were to examine the means of livelihood of the households, what private and public needs they could fulfil, the culture and caste questions in the village that helped or hindered their access to utilities. The households lived to fulfil subsistence needs that were mainly food-based. It is the responsibility of the Government of Uttar Pradesh to provide them with public utilities. The households ensure their need-based private utilities.

Author :
Bhaskar Majumder
Professor (Retired), G. B. Pant Social Science Institute, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India.
 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32381/PROD.2024.65.01.9