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Growth Of Rural Non-Farm Employment In Uttar Pradesh: Reflections From Recent Data

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ranjan, sharad
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The evidence of diversification of rural employment in India structure away from farm to non-farm activities has attracted a lot of interest among researchers. But a few empirical studies have been made of such developments in the state of Uttar Pradesh (UP). The present study takes into account the latest data available on the subject relating to the state of UP. The study investigates whether the employment shift from farm sector towards the non-farm sector arises out of prosperity-induced factors or distress-induced factors. It examines employment pattern at various levels such as sectoral distribution, mode of employment in terms of self-employed or wage earners, rewards of their labour and productivity levels of the ubiquitous unorganised sector. Such an investigation carried out from various perspectives led to conclusive evidence showing that distress-push factors were predominant in driving workers to non-farm employment. Further, it records also the impact on rural non-farm employment, of various factors such as land ownership, education and their caste affiliation. Low level of their education and their status as landless earners devoid of capital resources suggest broad distress-induced circumstances of non-farm workers.

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