What is Halpati system in Gujarat?

A system of bonded labour in which lower caste agricultural labourers are forced to work under a landlord for generations. A system in which agricultural labourers were paid in form of food grains for their work. Another name of Jajmani system was introduced by colonial officers to regulate Indian labourers A system which regulated the labour migration in rural India.

A system of bonded labour in which lower caste agricultural labourers are forced to work under a landlord for generations.

Similarly, lack of resources, and dependence on the landed class for economic, social, and political support, meant that many of the working poor were tied to landowners in ‘hereditary’ labour relationships (bonded labour), such as the halpati system in Gujarat (Breman, 1974) and the jeeta system in Karnataka. Although such practices have been abolished legally, they continue to exist in many areas