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 country. Here, most of the people live in rural areas with an agriculture-based society. In Bangladesh, almost 80% people are farmers, and they live in rural areas. Their economy is agriculture-based.  Here, most of the people are directly or indirectly related to agriculture.

Rural Resources in the context of Bangladesh
In a rural area, there are various types of resources. Every country's development is dependent on its rural areas' resources. Generally, in rural areas, there are 3 types of resources in the context of Bangladesh.

A) Natural resources: It means the resources that are given. In Bangladesh, a lot of natural resources are available for use. Some natural resources are given below that are available in Bangladesh.

1. Land: It is a very important natural resource in rural and urban areas in every country. Every development depends on the land. Without land, we can not make any infrastructure, cultivation, or so on. In Bangladesh, land is a vital element because without land, we can’t cultivate anything.
2. Water: Another basic element of natural resources is water. Drinking, irrigation, and domestic work we mainly water-intensive. 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.