The division of agrarian classes and inequality in distribution of land are sharp in Haryana but blurred in Rajasthan. Seen in the visual is an aged farmer, juxtaposed against a more affluent neighbour in Chittorgarh, Rajasthan.
Abstract: The study reviews varying perspectives on the debate of caste and class in Indian Agriculture. It evaluates the emergence of caste and class differentials from the colonial to post independence period. It brings out that class differentiation in Indian agriculture has become vivid since the initiation of Green Revolution. Taking case studies of two villages from agriculturally developed and backward states of Haryana and Rajasthan respectively it concludes that caste and class are not exclusive social categories in rural India. In both cases the middle castes have emerged as dominant castes and unlike eastern India, agrarian societies have dispersed inequality. But division of agrarian classes and inequality in distribution of land are very sharp in Haryana but quite blurred in Rajasthan.
The author is Professor at Department of Geography, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra. mahabirsj@rediffmail.com. The article should be cited as Jaglan M. S. 2020. Caste and Class in Indian Agriculture,Geography and You, 20(4-5): 24-33
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