Chief Minister Uzhavar Pathukappu Thittam - A Need for its Retrieval

Abstract

Agriculture in India was considered a strong pillar and is considered a crucial sector in India, contributing almost 18.3% to its GDP and employing 45.5% of its workforce. Especially, In Tamil Nadu, agriculture holds a special place in the state's culture and tradition and is vital in ensuring food security and reducing dependence on food imports. Despite this, the agricultural laborers who constitute the major workforce were not provided with adequate welfare measures and job security as that of the Industrial laborers. This research paper sheds light on a few reasons that made industrial laborers be treated in a highly conductive way when compared to agricultural laborers secondly, the paper mainly focuses on evaluating the impact of the only welfare scheme launched by govt of Tamil Nadu that provides cash assistance to Small/ marginal Farmers, particularly agricultural laborers and in furtherance of it the researcher conducted a micro level study on the beneficiaries of the schemes in the village named Therkupatti located in Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu, and suggests for the retrieval of the scheme to benefit a larger number of people.