SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONDITONS OF AGRICULTURE LABOURERS IN PUNJAB (Ground reality of Unemployment)
Journal Title: International Journal of Physical and Social Sciences (IJPSS) - Year 2011, Vol 1, Issue 4
Abstract
In rural economy, Punjab is dominating as two third of its total population and 65% of its total workers live in villages. Further 42.2% of the total workers in Punjab are engaged in agriculture (cultivators and agricultural labours). Their share in total rural workers, as per reliable sources is 57.2%. Since the early 2007-08, the yield of major agricultural crops has been experiencing stagnation. The additional increments in yield are rising at a very high marginal cost. As a consequence, per hectare net return is declining and this is the real crisis of Punjab agriculture. The annual trend growth rate of per hectare return, over variable costs from wheat and paddy (combined) was -2.18% during this period. In this case of cotton, it was -14.24% per annum during the same period [Ghuman 2001].A depleting water table, the ever-rising use of fertilizers and pesticides, over-mechanization, declining fertility of soil and almost stagnant minimum support prices (in real terms) are major reasons for a shrinking of farmers income from agriculture. Along with the shrinking of income, the labour absorption capacity of agriculture is sharply decline. The employment of labour in the rearing of major crops in Punjab declined from 48 crore man days during the triennium ending 2006-07 to 48 crore man-days during the triennium ending to this period. Taking view of Sector ate in Chandigarh, a European style, pomp and show, prosperity and modernity of pompous people presents a real picture of Punjab that is at so called no.1 position in India- the most prosperous state of India- a big lie or false statement which can please a person factually but not in reality. Chandigarh along with other five metro-cities represents its hi-fi life style, high standard of living, shining Boleros 3G handsets and fashionable jeans, T-shirts wearing youth, pomp and show of Disco-Multiplex represents a few " Yankees" of corrupt politicians, officers of high rank, New-rich villagers, contractors, builders traders and cooperators. This is not a real aspect of real Punjab, it is not a true story of struggling, Punjabis turning pages of employment magazines, keeping a heap of high degrees, asking for vacancies, exploring itself in contactors or corrupt traders. The truth about the miserable condition of unemployment can be estimated from the bottom of their level in Chandigarh.
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Parshotam D. Aggarwal
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