Agriculture continues to sustain millions of people in India. This is despite the rapid industrialization which is acquiring significant proportions in many regions of the country. The twin processes of industrialization and urbanization are transforming the traditional economic relations between the rural and the urban segments of population. Dr. Balkrishna Vaidya has done a good job in selecting Wardha, a backward district of Maharashtra already chosen by the Planning Commission under the integrated rural development programme. In doing so he has drawn our attention to the fact that systematic land use studies have not lost their value. In fact, they should be further expanded so as to incorporate within their matrix the on-going social dynamics of the village society, particularly the processes leading to the deprivation of the vulnerable sections, such as the dalits, and the tribes who are waging a struggle for survival. Land use studies can not ignore the imperative of social development.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR B.C. Vaidya
Balkrishan C. Vaidya (born at Sirasgaon, Dis. Wardha in Maharashtra) holds M.A. (Geography), M.A. (Sociology), M.Ed., M.Phil., Dip. T. English and Ph. D. He possesses brilliant academic carrier and has been awarded Robertson and Korea Darbar Gold Medals for his outstanding performance. Dr. Vaidya is actively engaged in research work of applied nature. His interest is in the field of transport, populations, tribal development, agricultural innovation and writing since his college days. He has contributed more than two dozen articles in scholarly reputed journals and is member of many academic societies. Dr. Vaidya is author or two books, namely, Agricultural Landuse in India, and Readings in Transport Geography-A Regional Perspective. He has successfully completed IRDP project on A study of Soil Types and Cropping Pattern in Yadhoda Basin. Dr. Vaidya is currently working on project entitled “Socio-economic Status of Tribal Population in Maharashtra-A Geographical Perspectiveâ€. He is presently working as Reader in the Department of Geography, University of Pune.
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