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Hill Economy in Transition: A Case Study of Kot Village in Himachal Pradesh, S.P. Saraswat, Ranveer Singh, AERC.

The term 'transition' in the field of economics is synonymous with technological progress, which includes all the ways in which advances of knowledge promote economic growth. It comprises all the productivity benefits of higher education levels, product innovations attributable to research of economies of scale, of the introduction of money into agriculture, and the extent of import substitution. The report is based on a study conducted on village Kot situated in Hamirpur district. The objectives of study were to analyze the changes in the demographic characteristics and its effects on the agricultural economy; to analyze structural changes in agriculture as seen through the changes in: (a) land holdings, tennurial system, farming system, and (b) use of input factors; to analyze changes in agricultural production and productivity; to analyze changes in the level and pattern of income in agricultural sector and to study changes in the institutional and other activities undertaken for the welfare of the people. The Investigators of Agricultural Economics Research Centre, Delhi by personal interview method, collected the first survey data. This information pertains to the Agricultural Year 1959-60. The second and third surveys data refer to the year 1989-90 and 2004-05, collected by interviewing the respondents personally. The secondary data on various aspects was collected from concerned departments of the State Government.

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