Agricultural labour
In Punjab
Keywords:
Agricultural labour, Punjab, farmers, policies, laws, discrimination, stru ggle, workers, manual work, unskilled workersAbstract
ABSTRACT
The paper that follows this is based on the research done on and about the conditions of the agri. labours in the state of Punjab. Punjab is basically the agri. Capital of India, still there are certain circumstances which the farm labours have to face on regular basis. Also, it includes the measures taken by the gov. to improve the conditions of the agri. Labours, with the policies, laws and the schemes that have been enacted for the betterment of the situations of the farmers in the state of Punjab as well as in the country. The paper talks about the various experiences that the farmers have with all the struggle they have to face being a not so priviledged class of the workers, where the discrimination among such labours is very common.
References
1. Definition by prof. Marshall
2. Defined by, Agricultural Labor Enquiry Committee
3. Farm labour who do the work on contract
4. Today, the concept of bonded labour in Punjab is not found to any severe variety.
5. Census data from 1961 to 1991(Punjab Human Development Report) Cite this Article Nishtha Sharma . Agricultural Labours in Punjab. National Journal of Labour and Industrial Law. June 2020; 3(1): 14–17p.
