Sunday, 18 September 2011

IBPS-CUT OFF

As expected the papwer of IBPS  was a little bit difficult one than traditional bank po exams.The expecred cut off of IBPS  first all indai exam is-math-25-30,reasoning 20-25,english 15-20.Compute25-30.GK 20-30.however a total score arond 125 is safe one.

Thursday, 15 September 2011

Rural class structure

During the medieval period the entire rural population was divided into two

broad classes, i.e. the big land-holders who collected land revenue from

peasants in addition to owning tax-free land and the masses comprising peasants,

artisans and landless labourers. The big land-holders constituted the rural

segment of the ruling class headed by emperor and his nobles. They were

known as
mugaddam and chaudhuri during the Sultanate period and

deskhmukh, patil, nayak
and usually malik during the Mughal period. They

had a good life without directly participating in the process of production.

They collected land tax from the peasants and owned their own land free

from taxes. They were generally prosperous enough to ride horses, wear fine

clothes, own good houses, gold, and silver ornaments and thus maintain a

high standard of life.

The peasants constituted the majority of the rural population. They cultivated

their land with family labour and earned their livelihood. They had to pay

land tax, which was usually, one-third but sometimes reached one-half of the

produce. Land revenue was generally paid in cash. In addition, the peasant

had to pay other taxes e.g.
shari (house tax) and charai (grazing tax) under Rural Economy

certain rulers like Allauddin Khilji. Having been subjected to various taxes

they had a very hard life to live.

Landless labourers formed another significant portion of the rural population.

They worked on the land of wealthy landholders. They were in agricultural

bondage of the large landowners. Some were slaves of the plough and others

in domestic slavery of wealthy land-holders. They constituted a service class

of hereditary serfs (Moreland 1983: 112).

In general, it has been observed that the life of the peasants, landless labourers

and artisans was hard. Contemporary writings show that the masses sold their

children during droughts and famines simply for the sake of their survival.

Adhar a myth


The experience with identity cards in the United Kingdom tells us that Mr. Blair's marketing of the scheme was from a

platform of myths. First, he stated that enrolment for cards would be “voluntary”. Second, he argued that the card

would reduce leakages from the National Health System and other entitlement programmes; David Blunkett even

called it not an “identity card,” but an “entitlement card.” Third, Mr. Blair argued that the card would protect citizens

from “terrorism” and “identity fraud.” For this, the biometric technology was projected as infallible.

The Indian discourse around Aadhaar is remarkably similar. Almost identical arguments are forwarded in support of

the project to provide a population of over one billion people with UID numbers. I argue that Aadhaar, just as its failed

counterpart in the U.K., is promoted from a platform of myths. Here, there is space for three big myths only.