The Plight of the Unorganized Farmers in India: A Study in Legal Perspective
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.37591/njlil.v1i1.183Keywords:
Agricultural economy, unorganized sector, poverty, democracy, unorganized farmerAbstract
India is an agricultural economy which is a source of major income of the country, but it is oriented to unorganized sector which is the main problem of the country that has hold her back from rising from the shackles of poverty. Being an unorganized Sector, the poor farmers are prone to drastic conditions of living as they have to adjust themselves in less than 5 acres of land while if we look from the government’s perspective, more than 80% of the country is occupied with the unincorporated sector and no such law has ever been made addressing their concerns. However, once quoted by our former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri “jai jawan, jai kisan” but it is very little to cheer about as they are struggling from the life threatening situations whether it be the natural phenomenon like harsh the weather conditions or the stringent laws of the government irrespective of which they work day and night for which they get even less than the input because the laws are generally for the establishments so, what about the farmer who is not organized! Where are the laws for them? Where is the democracy, equality for them? Are they considered aloof from the society? To know these, we need to study the paper to know their real plights as the problem is being identified and not analysed.
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