This paper studies the evolution of the rural non-farm sector in India and its contribution to the decline of poverty … close study over a period of six decades. Sample survey data indicate that the non-farm sector in rural India has grown …, through employment generation, and indirectly through an impact on agricultural wages. The paper illustrates that in Palanpur …

As India integrates into the global economy, its villages are integrating into a rapidly growing urban economy. One of …-farm activities takes them out of the village. In this paper, we take this first step by examining trends in employment outside the … there has been a rise in self-employment and non-farm casual labour; activities that take villagers outside Palanpur on a …