ECONOMICS OF MODES OF TRANSPORTATION OF FOODGRAINS IN RURAL INDIA

Rural transport, i.e., transport from the farms to the markets by bullock carts over market roads, constitutes a weak link in the food transporting system in India. The weakness in the link arises from the bad conditions of rural roads which are particularly unserviceable during the rainy season. The bullock cart, which is used for about 70 per cent of the total produce transported, still thrives, and is likely to continue to play its role in rural transport. Motor trucks are not likely to make an impact in rural transport so long as structural changes in Indian farming do not take place and the market surplus per farm is small. On the other hand, bullock carts are required to be employed for other agricultural purposes besides marketing, and cart transport is just a subsidiary activity for the men and animals engaged on it. The ways in which rural roads and the bullock cart may be improved, which have been indicated in recent studies, are discussed. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Indian Society of Agricultural Economics

  46-48 Esplanade Mansions, M.G. Road
  Bombay 1,   India 
• Authors:
  • Lakshmanan, P P
• Publication Date: 1968-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 14-20
• Serial:
  • Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics
  • Volume: 23
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Indian Society of Agricultural Economics

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Agriculture; Animals; Economic factors; Economics; Farms; Food; Foreign; Freight transportation; Highways; Improvements; Rural areas; Rural highways; Secondary roads; Transportation
• Geographic Terms: Asia; India
• Old TRIS Terms: Carts
• ITRD Terms: 347: Agriculture; 2459: Animal; 8005: Asia; 263: Economics of transport; 2755: Highway; 9108: Improvement; 8045: India; 328: Rural area
• Subject Areas: Economics; Planning and Forecasting; Society; Transportation (General); I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00099728
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 18 1975 12:00AM