Sharma, V.K.Maan, Arshdeep Singh2019-01-122019-01-122018http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810090104The present study was undertaken to examine the employment and income pattern among migrant agricultural labour in south western, Punjab for the year 2017-18. Multistage random sampling technique was used to select the 120 respondents from four cluster of villages of Sri Muktsar Sahib district of Punjab. The results of the study revealed that majority of permanent and casual migrant agricultural labour belonged to Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Uttarakhand. The study showed that migrant agricultural labour had migrated into Punjab due to poor living conditions, poverty, unemployment and indebtedness at their native places. The majority of respondents belonged to Hindu and Muslim religion. The study further revealed that both permanent and casual migrant agricultural labour rendered their services in agriculture for 234 days and 206 days respectively. Permanent migrants earned Rs 95087 and casual migrant earned Rs 63662 in a year from hiring out of labour in agriculture. The per capita expenditure on food and non-food items were Rs 26562 for permanent migrant agricultural labour and Rs 20142 for casual migrant agricultural labour. Permanent and casual migrant agricultural labour recorded Rs 68525 and Rs 43520 as their surplus income respectively.ennullThesis