Dependency syndrome on outside labour in Balijan Circle of Arunachal Pradesh: An analysis of reasons and duration of employment

An attitude and belief of a group of people of their inability to solve their own problems without outside intervention may be termed as Dependency Syndrome. It is seen as a tendency to depend on others in the course of socio-economic development of a particular area or community. Dependency syndrome is often attributed to a peoples’ unwillingness to initiate activities on their own to improve wellbeing thereby hire and fire others. In olden days, indigenous people of the Balijan Circle had been constructing their house with the natural resources like- bamboo, wooden planks, leaves cane etc and had not to depend on outside resources or persons. Also in agriculture domain, people of the study circle were using indigenous technology with family members being the prime source of man-power without having to depend on outside labour. However, in recent times the people of circle are totally dependent on outsider may it be for agriculture or construction works or household & domestic works. The present study revealed that non-possession of land by the outsider labourers in their own places compelled them to offer labour in the study circle. On sector-wise analysis, building & allied works has offers highest level of employment opportunity to the outsider labourers. Also, the present study has revealed that highest numbers of outsider workers which constitute 33 percentages of the total workers have been working more than 15 years in various sectors of the study circle.

With this background, the study makes an attempt to identify the reasons for offering labour by outsider labourers in the Balijan Circle. Also, it has made sector wise analysis of dependency syndrome on outsider labourers. Further, the study endeavoured to examine duration of working of outsider labourers in the study circle.