Agrarian Structure New Technology And Labour Absorption In Indian Agriculture

Presenting Professor V. S. Vyas's approach to the major national and global challenges facing Indian agriculture, this book makes available his research and writing on how policy interventions, technological changes, and institutional developments are impacting the economy of those directly dependent on it for their livelihood.

The book is about technology and agricultural productivity in Orissa.. In order to bring about Green Revolution , new mechanical devices like irrigation, fertiliser, tractor, thresher, harvester and tubewell equipments have been put into operation. The data-base along with concepts and methodology have been weaved into eight comprehensive chapters and a bibliography. This work would be useful for teachers, scholars and students in India and abroad.

The landlord and his emaciated labourer are symbolic of Indian agriculture. However, this relationship has now changed as large landowners have fallen from their superior position. This volume explores how this emblematic pair is becoming a thing of the past. Structural Transformation and Agrarian Change in India investigates whether family labour farms are gaining prominence as a consequence of the structural transformation of the economy. The authors work alongside Weberian methodology of ideal types and develop different types of family farms; among them family labour farms that rely mainly on family workers, contrasted with capitalist farms that depend on hired labour. Agriculture is shrinking as a part of the total GDP at the same time as agricultural labour is shrinking as part of the total labour force. The changing agrarian structure is explored with the use of unique long-term survey data and statistical models. Results show that India is approaching farm structures that are typical of East and South East Asia, with pluriactive smallholders as the norm. This book successfully criticizes popular narratives about Indian agricultural development as well as simplistic evolutionist, Marxist or neoclassical prognoses. It is of great importance to those who study development economics, development studies and South Asian economics.

Agricutlural Labourers Constitute 26.15 Per Cent Of The Total Workforce In India. Starting With An Exhaustive Review Of The Existing Literature On Agricultural Labourers, From Pre Independence Times To The Present, This Book Concludes That There Has Been Little Improvement In Their Economic Situation. A Detailed Analysis Of Agricultural Labour In Two Selected Villages Of Purnia District In Bihar.

This Volume Is A Testament Of Current Thinking In Economic Science As Being Reflected Through Various Parameters Of Indian Economy. The Indian Economy Is Witnessing All Round Changes Since The Introduction Of New Economic Policy. Nevertheless The Global Changes Have Compelled The Economic Agents Of India To Alter Themselves Completely In Tune With Their Colour. Albeit, The Government Is Moving Ahead And Claiming High Successes Of Privatising, Liberalising And Globalising, There Appears No Clear Solution For The Problems Of Poverty, Unemploy¬Ment, Backwardness, Inequalities, Vulner¬Able Sections Of The Society Viz. Scs/Sts, Environmental Degradation And Above All The Socio-Political Rigidities. An Attempt Has Been Made In This Volume To Investi¬Gate Into The Issues Of Economic Reforms Alongwith The Basic Structural Problems Of Our Economy.This Volume Presents 46 Research Papers Authored By Economists From All Regions Of India. It Is Hoped That The Volume Would Be Found Highly Useful By Students, Research Scholars, Professors And Policy Makers. The Book Would Also Be Found Of Great Interest By The Layman Interested In Following The Changing Trends Of Indian Economy.