The Failure of Haryana Rural Development Schemes: A Case Study of District Sirsa

Farming has become an unpredictable sector. Farmers are always uncertain and insecure of the crop they will reap, but endeavor to draw the maximum benefits out of their investments and effort. Often farmers might be at the receiving end, with natural calamities like droughts and floods affecting their yield adversely and for the upliftment and betterment of the farmers many schemes have been introduced by the Government of Haryana. In the present study, the researcher has analysed the farmers’ opinions towards the agriculture schemes run by the government of Haryana. The different tools which are used in this study are schedule, interview, direct observation and informal conversation. In the study, primary as well as secondary data used to achieve the objective of the study. The primary data was collected through the survey in Sirsa District with the help of a well structured questionnaire. The administrative region of District Sirsa has been divided into five Tehsils. For the purpose of the study two tehsils will be selected from District Sirsa. Ten villages will be selected at random from each tehsil. Thus, in all, 20 villages will be selected from two sample tehsils. Considering various aspects of the study, we have decided to survey of 600 agricultural workers include marginal and small farmers and landless agricultural labour from each sample tehsil. The analysis of data has been made by using various descriptive and inferential statistical tools like Arithmetic Mean, Percentage, and Frequency. The Government of Haryana has launched many agricultural schemes for the upliftment of the economic conditions of agricultural workers. But as the survey has suggested that the poor section of the agriculture sector is trickle down by these schemes. The majority of the farmers is not benefitted by the selected schemes run by the Government of Haryana.