Constraints Experienced by the Farm Labourers: A Study of Haryana State

Landless agricultural labourers constitute a very important section of Indian rural economy. The base of Indian social pyramid comprises the landless agricultural labourers. Despite the spectacular progress achieved in agricultural production in the country during the past few decades, the landless agricultural labourers continue to form the weakest link in the rural economy. The data shows the constant rising trend in number of agricultural labourers. The problems of low wages, indebtedness, unemployment and low standard of living are on rise. To understand the conditions, the present study, was conducted to enlist problems and constrains faced by agricultural labourers in Haryana. A multistage random sampling procedure was adopted in selection of 300 labour respondents for the present study. The study revealed the problems of agricultural labourers in their day to day life in terms of agricultural, economic, household, health and sanitation and family education. The major constraints identified under these categories were- ‘bad behaviour of employer, insufficient work in ability to up an house’, ‘lack of nutrit, one food’ and ‘chioh expend it the on education.