TABLE 5THE CONTRIBUTION TO PADDY PRODUCTION OF VARIOUS CLASSES (iN TERMS OF WORKDAYS) AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF INCOMES FROM PADDY PRODUCTION. (ESTIMATES FROM VARIOUS SOURCES)37 Contribution to production Distribution of incomes from paddy production Per cent of otal 'value' Number of Work" Per Income in Income in Total ^alue9 Classes days in produc- cent cash (Rs) kind (bags) of income1 t( tion Labourers 96 525 51 208 288 2925 354 5382 Farmers, small3 52 000 27 — 1472 73 600 Farmers, small middle3 12 600 7 — 953 47 650 Farmers, big middle 13 800 7 — 1043 52 150 Farmers, big 15 200 8 98 320 1147 155 670 Moneylenders — 0 180 800 — 180 800 Landlords — 0 48 800 1220 109 800 Merchants — 0 214 2004 — 42 8405 35 7 5 5 15 18 11 4 Total 190 125 100 750 408 8760 1017 048 100 » Motes to the Table ;1) The 'value9 of this paddy which is consumed in the households of the recipients has been taken as its consumer price (retail price), i.e, the price that the consumer would have to pay if buying it in the market (1 bag == 50 rupees). 2) From this income the agricultural labourers have to subtract a large amount which they are forced to pay as interest on their debts. They are as indebted as the small farmers. 3) Excluding the number of workdays spent in employment to earn the cash needed to finance production. 4) Gross income from sale of seeds, fertilisers, tools, livestock, etc to farmers. 5) The net income of merchants has been estimated at 20 per cent of their gross income. It may very well be higher*