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<em>Ludhiana: </em>Free meals, payment in advance, free liquor to ease aching limbs after a hard day&rsquo;s work. Migrant labour in Punjab, mainly from Bihar, West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh, the mainstay of the state&rsquo;s agriculture sector, has never had it so good. The problem, however, is the decreasing availability of this labour. Ask Baljinder Singh, a farmer with a 10-acre holding in Dakha village. Come sowing season in mid-June, Baljinder parks himself at Ludhiana railway station, rushing towards the general compartment of arriving trains, to try and hire migrant workers for his farm.<br />
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Landowners like Baljinder flocking to railway stations across the state started some years back when government programmes like Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) led to a sudden shortage of labour available to work in Punjab&rsquo;s farms and MSME units. Farmers like Baljinder now have to deal with a contractor who brings migrant labour in groups to Punjab for seasonal farming. Bargaining, not just over wages, but the extent of 'luxuries' the farmer can provide the workers, happens at the railway station itself. The highest bidder gets the labourers.<br />
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&ldquo;The shortage of labour is increasing every year,&rdquo; said Baljinder. &ldquo;In 2011, they would sow paddy in Ludhiana for Rs 1,200 per acre, but now demand Rs 2,500 to Rs 3,000 per acre,&rdquo; he said.<br />
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Punjab&rsquo;s dependence on migrant labour began since the adoption of the wheat-paddy crop cycle during the Green Revolution. Then, migrant farm workers were plentiful and cheap, needed mainly for sowing the paddy and the lifting of wheat and paddy crop.<br />
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<em>The shortage has raised labour costs<br />
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But conditions are somewhat better for them at home now, said Ajay Vir Jakhar, chairman of Punjab State Farmers&rsquo; Commission.<br />
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&ldquo;Recent years witnessed large-scale development in Bihar that provided employment to the local labour that earlier used to migrate to Punjab for jobs,&rdquo; said Jakhar. &ldquo;This has created a seasonal shortage of farm workers in Punjab.&rdquo; Renowned economist and Chancellor of the Central University of Punjab, Sardara Singh Johl added that the labour shortage &ldquo;has resulted in an increase in labour costs and increased dependence on machinery&rdquo;.<br />
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Ludhiana: Free meals, payment in advance, free liquor to ease aching limbs after a hard day&rsquo;s work. Migrant labour in Punjab, mainly from Bihar, West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh, the mainstay of the state&rsquo;s agriculture sector, has never had it...'
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Punjab labour shortage: Rising scarcity of farm workers pushes up production cost, inclination towards machine farming -Arjun Sharma

-Firstpost.com Ludhiana: Free meals, payment in advance, free liquor to ease aching limbs after a hard day’s work. Migrant labour in Punjab, mainly from Bihar, West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh, the mainstay of the state’s agriculture sector, has never had it so good. The problem, however, is the decreasing availability of this labour. Ask Baljinder Singh, a farmer with a 10-acre holding in Dakha village. Come sowing season in mid-June, Baljinder parks himself at Ludhiana railway station, rushing towards the general compartment of arriving trains, to try and hire migrant workers for his farm. Landowners like Baljinder flocking to railway stations across the state started some years back when government programmes like Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) led to a sudden shortage of labour available to work in Punjab’s farms and MSME units. Farmers like Baljinder now have to deal with a contractor who brings migrant labour in groups to Punjab for seasonal farming. Bargaining, not just over wages, but the extent of 'luxuries' the farmer can provide the workers, happens at the railway station itself. The highest bidder gets the labourers. “The shortage of labour is increasing every year,” said Baljinder. “In 2011, they would sow paddy in Ludhiana for Rs 1,200 per acre, but now demand Rs 2,500 to Rs 3,000 per acre,” he said. Punjab’s dependence on migrant labour began since the adoption of the wheat-paddy crop cycle during the Green Revolution. Then, migrant farm workers were plentiful and cheap, needed mainly for sowing the paddy and the lifting of wheat and paddy crop. The shortage has raised labour costs But conditions are somewhat better for them at home now, said Ajay Vir Jakhar, chairman of Punjab State Farmers’ Commission. “Recent years witnessed large-scale development in Bihar that provided employment to the local labour that earlier used to migrate to Punjab for jobs,” said Jakhar. “This has created a seasonal shortage of farm workers in Punjab.” Renowned economist and Chancellor of the Central University of Punjab, Sardara Singh Johl added that the labour shortage “has resulted in an increase in labour costs and increased dependence on machinery”. Please click here to read more.