Question

Compare the situation of Sekar and Ramalingam by filling out the following table:

	Sekar	Ramalingam
Land cultivated
Land required
Loans required
Selling of harvest
Other work done by them

Answer 1

	Sekar	Ramalingam
Land cultivated	2 Acres	20 Acres
Land required	No labour required	He hires labour
Loans required	He requires loan for seeds, fertilizers, pesticides etc. He takes loan from the trader.	He takes loan from the govt, bank for establishing a rice mill.
Selling of harvest	He sells a few bags of paddy to pay back the loan.
Other work done by them	He has a hybrid cow, whose milk he sells in the local milk cooperatives.	He owns a rice mill and a shop selling seeds, pesticides etc.