Subject(s): Development, inequality and redistribution : Kerala's achievements, redistribution debate in development policy, inequality in social science theory -- Methods of research and analysis : Nadur village- 1971 household survey, field study, quality control of data -- Castes in India : in Kerala, nadur, different castes exist in India -- Classes : Characteristics of class, occupational class breakdown, class description, internal class composition, class and caste -- Redistribution v/s inequality : Economic change in India and Kerala, income levels -- land reforms : Effect on Income equality, caste, class -- Unions, wages , work and survival : Agricultural labour, trade unions in Kerala-- Kerala agricultural workers act, wages in Kerala and Nadur, unemployment in Kerala and Nadur, Underemployment -- Workers, welfare and targeted advancements : Insurance and pensions in Kerala, welfare, caste, class and pensions, resources transfer programs- IRDP, housing programs and RLEGP, rural employment- Nadur's spinning coop, wages, work- -- Public food distribution : School and nursery lunches, food distribution through ration shops, subsidized food, food in take, calories and public food distribution -- Education : Mobility, development and education, educational achivements in kerala, struggles for education in Kerala, nadur's school and village library, literacy, gender, female education, age of marriage and birth rates in Nadur -- Mobility : Class, income mobility, household life cycle, household structure and mobility -- Redistribution and effective development strategy : Standard of living, rate of development -- New democratic initiatives