Practicing Success
Jajmani system is a ___________ |
Non market exchange system Market based exchange system Rural market system Peasant market system |
Non market exchange system |
The jajmani system or yajman system was an economic system most notably found in villages of India in which lower castes performed various functions for upper castes and received grain or other goods in return. It was an occupational division of labour involving a system of role-relationships that enabled villages to be mostly self-sufficient. It was a kind of non-market exchange systems. The Jajmani system is a non-market exchange system. It is a traditional social and economic arrangement found in many Indian villages. In this system, different caste groups or families are interdependent, and each family is responsible for providing specific services or goods to families of other castes. These services are often hereditary, and the exchange is not based on market principles but on social and cultural obligations. |