India - Land and Livestock Holdings Survey Visit 2: NSS 59th Round : January - December 2003, NSS 59th Round

The number of permanent attached farm workers engaged in the operational holding during the Kharif season. In ascertaining the number of such workers, the period during which various agricultural operations (from preparation of soil to storing of grains) in respect of crop of the reference season are carried out will be taken into consideration.
The number of attached farm workers so determined will be classified into two groups depending on the mode of payment. if a worker gets a share of produce in lieu of the services rendered by him/her, he/she will be accounted for against item 18. It should be borne in mind that those who get a share of produce as remuneration for services rendered by them will not be classified as share croppers. While a permanent attached farm worker is only employed in the operational holding, a share-cropper organises, conducts and participates in the agricultural operations carried out in the holding. Share-cropping is a term of lease.