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46. VEGETABLE AREA includes area hauling farm produce to market
under sugarbeets, potatoes, and any other work . related to
onions, chillis, melons, other the operation of the farm.
rabi vegetables and other
kharif vegetables. 51. NON-AGRICULTURAL WORK includes·,
work relating to trade, cottage
4 7 . MIXED CROPPING: The following industry, occupation of village
procedure was adopted for functionaries, service with
recording area reported · under government or other agencies and
mixed crops: {£, ,_y ··,... .. •\•:~ .... non-agricultural labour!
a) Crops Grown in orchard: If the
orchard consisted of trees not 52. FAMILY AGRICULTURAL WORKERS in-
of bearing age, the entire area clude household members of 10
of the crop grown in the or- years and above who do any kind
chard was reported. If the or- of agricultural work on their
chard consisted of trees of holding. Family workers have
bearing ' age, only half of the been classified into persons
area of the crop grown in the doing agricultural work on per-
orchard was taken. The area un~ manent basis or part-time basis.
der orchard was included as .a) Persons Working on Permanent
such in either case. basis include members of the
b) Crops Grown Together: If the household who only do agricul-
two crops grown toge.ther were tural work of the holding. They
harvested at the same time, one also include old household
half of the area in the crops members who may not be doing any
grown together was reported for physical work but take interest
each of the crops. If the two in the planning and operation of
crops grown together were har- farm.
vested at different times, the b) Household Members doing Part-
entire area of the crops grown Time Work inclpde members of the
together was reported for each household who in addition to the .
crops. agricultural work of the holding
also do some other work such as
48. ECONOMIC ACTIVITY: The data on service, bus".i:"ness, etc~
the type of e conomic activity
is based e n the concept of 53. ECONOMICALLY INACTIVE . P-ERSONS
"usl).al II a ctivity, using 12 are those persons who do not
months period as the reference perform work for profit or
period in contrast to labour · family gain, in cash or in kind.
for q,e concept of "current" ac- Housewives and other members of
. ti vi'it:y in which a short time the household who are mainly
refere nce of one week or less engaged in house-hold duties in
is ~enerally used. their own home -r students
attending any regular
49 . r -.:ONOMICALLY ACTIVE PERSONS are educational institution and
t hose persons Df either sex of other persons not economically
10 years or above in age who, active are generally included in
during the re£erence period, this category.
participated in the production
of ecoryomic goods or services. 54. PERMANENT- HIRED LABOUR means
persons who work_on the farm on
50. AGRICULTURAL WORK includes farm whole time basis and are
work or planning thereof. It e~ployed f~r iarger periods .
u includes work on the farm, They get wages in cash or kind
f e'eding and care . of the live- · on a fixed period basis, i.e.
stock ·and poultry birds, super- monthly, quarterly, yearly, etc.
vision of agricultural workers,
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