Structure of employment of withdrawn agriculture labour: An overview

The study highlights the employment opportunities to the withdrawn agricultural labour at different places in non-agricultural sector comprehensively and minutely. In this study, an effort has been put to know the structure of employment of withdrawn agricultural labour and examine deeply the occupations adopted by them alongwith their limitations for not being able to join some higher earning jobs/occupations, etc. it has been found that in the new occupations, either they found higher earnings or sometimes the same wage rate. They got even lower wages earned than in previous occupation in the peak seasons of agriculture. There was dearth of setting up of cottage and small-scale industry in selected area of study. It has also been found that nearby cities and market areas served as a better stimulant to provide more opportunities of employment in categories of employment such as ‘independent occupations started with financial help’ ‘independent occupations started without financial help’, ‘Govt/semi Govt Service’ and ‘industrial sector’.