Welfare State

A welfare state is commonly understood as an agency of social services than as an instrument of power.

Definition:

D.L. Hobman ,in his book welfare state, “welfare state as a compromised between the two extreme of commism on the one hand and unbridled individualism on the other.”

Herbert H. Lehman “The welfare state is simply a state in which people are free to develop their individual capacities, to receive just aware for their talents and to engage in the pursuit of happiness, unburden by fear of actual hunger, actual homelessness or oppression by reason of race creed or colour.”

Function of welfare state

1. Maintenance  of peace and order.
2. Protects people’s right and provide justice.
3. Conservation of natural resource.
4. Provision of education.
5. Arrangement of public utility service.
6. Encouragement of trade, industry, commerce’s and agriculture.
7. Organization of labor.
8. Protection of old, poor and handicap.
9. Maintenance of public health.
10. Arrangement of recreation.
11. Maintenance social harmony.
12. Prevents disarrangement.

Rural Society in Bangladesh

Bangladesh is a densely populated county. here most of the people are lives in rural area with agriculture based society. in Bangladesh almost 80% people are farmer and they lives in the  rural area.their economy is agriculture based.here most of the people are directly or indirectly related with agriculture.

Rural Resources in context of Bangladesh
In rural area there are various types of resources. every countries development is dependent on his rural areas resources.generally in rural area there are 3 types of resource in the  context of Bangladesh.

A) Natural resources: It means the resources that is got given.in Bangladesh a lot of natural resources are available to use. some natural resources are given below that are available in Bangladesh.

1. Land: It is a  very important natural resources in the rural and urban area in every country. Every development depend on the land. Without land we can not make any infrastructure, cultivation and so on. In Bangladesh land is vital element because without land we can’t cultivated anything.
2. Water: Another basic elements of natural resources is water. Drinking, irrigation and domestic work we mainly use water. Good production is mainly depend on sufficient supply of water. So water is very much important for increasing the growth of production.
3. Climate: the amount , frequency velocity periodicity etc of each of the natural elements of wind , rainfall and temperature in the  rural and urban area.
4. Forest: forest is another vital elements of natural resources. Forest is helpful for our environment. In our rural all we can see a lot of forest are available small and big size.
5. Natural gas: In Bangladesh main natural resources is natural gas. Most of the gas field are located in the rural area. So in the development of rural area natural gas is too much important.
6. River: Bangladesh is land based country. Here more than 58 river situated in our country. River is  main source of  water. In rural area farmer are depend on river to irrigation.
7. Mineral water:

B) Man Made Resources: Although Bangladesh is a least developed country and many resources are available that are made. It is also easier our rural life. some man made resources are given below 

1. Communication system.
2. Health.
3. Supply and Service agencies.
4. Education facilities.
5. Marketing.
6. Religious facilities.
7. Recreational facilities.
8. Financial facilities.

C) Human resources: The greatest resources of any society, organization,enterprises are people. The human resources or rural society reflects two aspects which are mental and physical. in huge populated country population is a great problem and it a glorious source of develop the country. If we use the population currently then it is turn into population problem to manpower. in agricultural sector if we can use skill man-power then our agricultural production is increased a lot of. so population  is very important for any countries development.