Question

Mention any four characteristics of rural labour in India.
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Answer 1

Answer:

Mention any four characteristics of rural labour in India

• The rural people mostly consisted of the Dalits or the Schedule Caste which formed 1/3rd of the population.
• The rural people lived in small houses that were made of straw and mud.
• Although 75% of the rural populations were farm laborers, they received less than the minimum wages that were fixed by the government.

Answer 2

Answer:

▪︎Farm labourers come from landless families or families cultivating small plots of land. ▪︎They are paid very low wages or sometime in kind. ▪︎Wages of workers vary widely from region to region and from crop to crop. ▪︎There is a wide variation in the duration of employment.