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IJSREM67752
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10 |
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Oct 2026
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1-8
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Monthly (12 issues per year)
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Department of Commerce
Karpagam Academy of Higher Education
Department of Commerce
Karpagam Academy of Higher Education
Department of Commerce
Karpagam Academy of Higher Education
India, is the most populous nation in the world, has evolving socioeconomic conditions, political trends, and disease patterns that have influenced contemporary global thinking. Even though the recently passed MGNREGA, 2005 guarantees 100 days of work per year, there is a lot of fraud when it comes to the issuance of job cards. Additionally, job seekers who truly require such assistance are not given work, and gather rolls are not kept up to date. The issue of agricultural landlessness is a subset of the larger issue of rural underemployment and unemployment. The main focus of research is on the issues that agricultural laborers encounter. The farmers in the Theni district are the subjects of the study. The convenience sampling approach was used to choose the respondents. Contexts were chosen for this study from three particular communities in the Theni district. The principal inclusion has a size of 123. Therefore, agricultural landless laborers are crucial to the agriculture industry, as both landowner farmers and agricultural landless laborers are necessary for production.
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The study concludes that the living standards and income of agricultural landless laborers are extremely low, and they suffer a number of issues. It is discovered that their pay varies depending on their gender and the type of work they do. to enhance the working conditions for agricultural landless laborers and the development of rural communities through the provision of better roads, housing, employment opportunities, and irrigation capabilities, among other things. In order to enhance living conditions and overcome natural forces such as erosion, draughts, and flooding, the government should take appropriate action in a number of areas affecting agricultural landless laborers, including wage patterns, work hours, and living situations. In terms of all social and economic factors, the standing of agricultural laborers without land is low. The trained landless laborers from other districts were discovered operating harvesters and driving vehicles on farms. Therefore, agricultural landless laborers are crucial to the agriculture industry, as production relies on both landowner farmers and agricultural landless laborers.
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