Effectiveness of a rural newspaper as a support channel: A study of a village in Haryana

Pages: 267-270
Shilpa Gulia (Department of Communication Management & Technology Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar, Haryana)

India is a land of agriculture as the economy of the country is based on it. After independence the scenario of Indian agriculture has been changed. The country became self-sufficient for food grain production. The problem of starvation solved. But after some years, the crisis came in the field of agriculture. The farmers became the exploited community and started committing suicides due to many problems. It was prudent to find out the reason why the son of earth was doing so. Information is the main ingredient of development. It is the media who gives information. The paper is about the role of a rural newspaper in agriculture communication.