P W ages paid 1(R^) to agri. I ahour for Skilled labour J ^960^61 '^=100)
laughing Sowing Weeding Harms' Picking Othef Black- Carpen- Food General
ting of cotton operation smith ter
1 9 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
1966 3.47 3.21 2.98 3.33 3.16 3.20 5.75 5 54 158 148
1967 3.96 3.99 3.51 4.55 3.20 3.55 5.98 6.04 218 194
1968 4.66 4.33 3.75 4.80 3.42 4.18 7.44 7.49 213 191
1969 5.46 5.08 4 31 5.29 3.71 4.49 8.32 8.48 212 193
1970 6.07 5.75 4.84 6.01 3.82 5.17 9.00 9.40 217 195
1971 6.48 6.24 5.28 7.24 4.59 5.91 9.73 9.70 212 195
1972 6.76 6.34 5.46 5.97 4.80 5.71 10.13 10.09 241 220
1973 7.04 6.45 5.69 6.02 423 5.85 10.02 10.86 268 243
1974 7.11 6.57 5,45 6.61 5.03 5.81 10.25 10.60 347 312
1975 7.99 7.53 6.60 7.68 G.58 6.77 12.24 11.94 362 329
1976 8.37 8.15 6.88 8.45 8.25 7.42 10.99 l2.5(> 316 296
1977 8.92 8.53 7.64 8.87 7.14 7.38 12.79 13.-)3 351 325
1978 10.36 9.86 8.78 10.19 8.22 8.68 15.22 1 x80 3^)6 322
1979 11.06 10.38 9.07 10.82 8.34 10.00 16.89 16.97 377 349
1980 12.02 11.48 10.12 11.01 9.11 10.94 1856 18.36 451 409
Averagi annual e
growth rate 8.2 85 8.2 7.6 8.4 8.1 7.6 8.0 14 4 14.3
SOURCE: Statistical Abstracts^ Haiyana.
programmes of rural reconstruction, the real wages of agricultural labourers, blacksmiths, carpenters, small and marginal farmers have deteriorated due to rise in prices.
It may be concluded from the above discussion that small and marginal farmers, agricultural labourers, carpenters and blacksmiths etc were in the category of rural poor in Haryana and in spite of the efforts of the government these people have been the losers due to the movement in prices. Prices affected them adversely because they had no other means of production but labour. They had no option but to work as agricultural labourers at the declining real wage rates. Thus, it may be safely inferred that intra-sectoral disparity has also increased in rural Haryana during 1966-1980.
Thanks are due to Prof Dool Singh and Dr S Kaushzl for critical comments on the earlier draft of the paper'.
1 Here agricultural sector includes the income originating in the primary sector and represents the rural areas whereas non-agricultural sector includes the income generated in the rest of the economy and stands for urban areas.
