Socio-economic conditions of rural labour and marginal farmer households in border area of Punjab: A case study of Gurdaspur district

This study has been conducted to analyze the socio-economic status of marginal farmers and rural labour households in border district of Gurdaspur, Punjab. By using multistage convenient sampling technique, the total sample constituing 174 households, out of which 92 were rural labour and 82 were marginal farmer households were surveyed for the period 2020–21. The study revealed that income of the sampled households was insufficient to meet their daily expenses and poverty eradication schemes were not properly implemented. The contribution of non-farm income was remarkable for all respondents. There is need to increase subsidized food under public distribution scheme and pension under old age pension schemes, more employment under MGNREGA, and the like respectively.