Mumbai: Indian farmers forced into giving up their land for industry face dwindling earnings and fewer job options, increasing the likelihood of more bloody conflicts as demand for scarce land rises, experts say.
Increased mechanisation is taking away some manual labour, while a lack of training of farmers and farm workers for alternate jobs is leaving them with few livelihood options.
The Indian government's rural employment programme and construction work to build ever-growing cities are inadequate to bridge the income gap, analysts say. Read More.
Increased mechanisation is taking away some manual labour, while a lack of training of farmers and farm workers for alternate jobs is leaving them with few livelihood options.
The Indian government's rural employment programme and construction work to build ever-growing cities are inadequate to bridge the income gap, analysts say. Read More.