Labour Absorption In Indian Agriculture

This book addresses the question of how so much growth and technical change has occurred in Indian agriculture while the position of agricultural workers has remained relatively unchanged. Focusing on the employees, this study describes an area in Southern India which is known for agricultural development. The author discusses the increase in numbers and proportion of agricultural workers, the stagnation and marginal decline of wage rates and earnings, the property-less status of agricultural workers, consumption, and indebtedness. An original contribution to the study of markets and development studies, this work shows how limited the changes in agriculture are in India.

Combining a wide range of analytical models and empirical investigations, this book describes international and historical variations in agricultural labor absorption in Asia, and argues that poor countries should aim to increase output and employment in the agricultural sector instead of following the practice of developed nations of economic progress and employment through urban industrialization.

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.