Abstract
This paper has two major problems of landless agricultural laborers. Firstly, agricultural workers constitute the most neglected class in Indian rural structure. This sector plays a significant role in the overall socio-economic development of the country. Their income is low and employment is irregular. They possess neither modern skill nor proper training; they don’t have alternative employment opportunities. Therefore, they are a suppressed class. They don’t have structured organization to fight for their rights. Because of all these reasons their economic status has failed to improve. The present study tries to analyses the reasons for increasing the number of landless agricultural labourers. Secondly, Agricultural productivity in India can be increased by adopting modern agricultural practices. Modern agriculture practices have been great promise for economic development of nation.. After first green revolution the use of agrochemicals became directly proportional to farm productivity. The agrochemicals such as pesticides made huge impact on environment and also human health. Pesticides cause 14 per cent of all known occupational injuries and 10 per cent of all fatal injuries to agricultural labourers.. Thus the farm workers have no capacity to bargain for securing a fair wage level and no protection against health hazards...This study analyses the problems of Modern agriculture practices among landless agricultural labourers.
Key words: Landless Labourers, Agrochemicals, Employment, Social Security
References
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Handling The Day-To-Day Problems Of Informal Workers, Christine Bonner, Director, Organization and Representation Programme, WIEGO