A Class Analysis of Agrarian Capitalist Development in Haryana
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Author: Mukesh Kumar and Paramjit Singh
Author Address: Research Scholar and Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Panjab University, Chandigarh-160014
Keywords: Agrarian capitalism, class analysis, displacement, dispossession, Haryana, indebtedness
JEL Codes: B24, Q13, Q15
Abstract
The present study attempted to present an alternative paradigm to
understand the agrarian changes in Haryana. The findings of the study
highlighted that the introduction of neoliberal reforms during the 1990s gave
way to the process of dispossession and proletarianization in Haryana's
agriculture. The class analysis of agrarian changes highlighted the increase in
the use of marketbased agro-inputs and the incidence of indebtedness among all
the peasant classes. There was persistence and continuity of a high level of
capitalisation and inequality among different peasantry classes. Hence, there
is an urgent need for state intervention to regulate the uncontrolled
development of capitalism in Haryana's agriculture, which was not only harmful
to sustainable agricultural practices but also aggravated the problem of
inequality among peasant classes
Description
Indian Journal of Economics and Development
Volume 17 No. 4, 2021, 731-744
DOI: https://doi.org/10.35716/IJED/21130
NAAS Score: 5.15
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