Question

describe the role of jobbers in the beginning of 20th century in India

Answer 1

Industrialist usually employed jobbers to get new recruits. They became person with some authority and power. There were old and trusted workers. They got people from their villages. They ensured them jobs. They helped them to settle in the city. They also provided them money in times of crisis.

Answer 2

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Jobbers were trusted workers of the Europeans whom the Europeans appointed to get people for jobs and to moderate the job application work. It was the power of the Jobber  to grant jobs to people. 


They held shares on their own books and created market liquidity by buying and selling securities, and matching investors' buy and sell orders through their brokers, who were not allowed to make markets. The term "jobber" is also used to describe a small-scale wholesaler or middleman in the retail goods trade.


The Jobber was a person with some authority and he used to help the industrialists to get workers. His role was to ensure job to workers and workers to industrialists. He used to be an old and trusted worker.
Functions :
(i) He got people from his village.
(ii) He ensured them jobs.
(iii) He helped the workers to settle in the cities.

(iv) He provided money in a time of crisis.