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Write short notes with a sociological perspective on the following in about 150 words: Rural landless labourers and development induced displacement.

  • UPSC 2014
  • 10 marks
  • Challenges of Social Transformation

The rural landless labourer is not a residue of agriculture waiting to be absorbed by industry. It is a produced social category — produced by the agrarian structure, and reproduced, at an accelerating rate, by displacement.

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  • Who the landless are
  • Why the structure denies them title
  • What displacement does to them
  • The policy gap
  • Conclusion

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