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CHAPTERVll
SOCIO-ECONOMIC MOBILITY AND
CHANGING VALUES
The impact of Sericulture in tenus of income and employment
generation has been a fact well established by many studies as seen in
the introductory Chapter. However, the nature and level of its impact on
different sections of people and its socio-cultural implications have not
been anempted by earlier studies. It is also essential to look into the
impact of sericulture, on aspects like education, health and cultural
beliefs.
Socio-Economic Mobility
'People everywhere respond to economic incentives, perceiving
their significance in much the same way as the managers' (Gabriel
1991:2). This response is not the same by all sections of society, which
have different socio-economic conditions. In the absence of favourable
opportunities, economic improvement is impossible for some. Moreover,
economic improvement itself is only a part of total development though
it serves many times as a first step in the total social development. In this
process, while the social conditions of certain sections could come in the
way of participating in a development programme, the result of a
development programme itself could be multi-fold and varied. There
have been various efforts, governmental and non-governmental, to create
favourable conditions through various rural development programmes.
Sericulrure is said to be one of the very successful efforts of rural
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