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Write a short note on ‘changing means of production and increased rural poverty.’

  • UPSC 2017
  • 10 marks
  • Rural and Agrarian Transformation in India

For Karl Marx, the means of production determine the relations of production, and the decisive moment in any transition is the separation of the direct producer from the means of production. Indian agriculture has undergone exactly such a shift since the 1960s, and the question asserts that it has deepened rather than relieved rural poverty.

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  • How this deepened poverty
  • The mode-of-production debate
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