Summary:
These contractors have formed a group of 50 to100 labourers and the commission of these contractors is fixed whenever farmers hire labourers from them. Under these circumstances it has become really difficult to arrange labour as the sowing period is approaching near,” he said. Many farmers were also seen at the Ludhiana Railway Station during the early morning to pick labourers for paddy plantation. Gone are the days when workers would accept the terms and conditions of the farmers because now they are dictating their own terms and conditions to the farmers. Many workers who were coming to Punjab from Bihar and UP for paddy and wheat sowing have now become full time labour contractors..