FARM WORKER (SEERI) AGREEMENT
This agreement is made at Village Rurki, Tehsil Samrala on 2 April 2026.
BETWEEN
Nirmal Singh, of Village Bhatian, Tehsil Samrala, District Ludhiana, mobile 98140-00000 (the "Farmer");
AND
Jagtar Singh, son of Mal Singh, of Village Bhatian, Tehsil Samrala, District Ludhiana, mobile 98140-00000 (the "Worker").
- 1. THE ENGAGEMENT
1.1 The Farmer engages the Worker, and the Worker agrees to work on the Farmer's farm, from 1 April 2026 to 2 April 2026 (the "Period"), doing this work: Ploughing, sowing, irrigating, harvesting and looking after the cattle on the farm at Village Bhatian.
1.2 The Worker states that he is an adult, over eighteen years of age, and is entering this agreement of his own free will, having understood it.
1.3 The Worker works under the Farmer's reasonable instructions on the farm. The Farmer shall not make him do work that is unsafe or unlawful, or work for any other person.
- 2. WAGES
2.1 The Farmer shall pay the Worker a cash wage of ₹15,000 (Rupees Fifteen Thousand only) each month, on or before day 5 of the following month, and shall give a signed receipt, or note the payment in a register that the Worker can see.
2.2 The wage shall not be less than the minimum wage for farm work that applies to the Worker under the law for the time being in force. If it ever is, the minimum wage is the wage.
2.3 In addition to the cash wage, the Farmer shall give the Worker: Two meals a day on working days, a room in the farm house, and 20 quintals of wheat at the rabi harvest.
- 3. HOURS, REST AND LEAVE
3.1 Working hours and weekly rest: Eight hours a day with a rest break, and one day off in each week. In the busy sowing and harvest weeks, extra hours may be worked by agreement, and the Farmer shall pay extra for them at a rate agreed with the Worker beforehand.
3.2 The Worker has 12 days of paid leave in the Period, apart from the weekly rest and the public festivals on which the farm is closed. Unused leave is paid out at the end of the Period.
- 4. ADVANCE: NO BOND
4.1 The Farmer has given the Worker an advance of ₹20,000 (Rupees Twenty Thousand only), and the Worker acknowledges it. It is an ordinary loan with no interest. It shall be repaid as follows: By a deduction of one thousand rupees from each month's wage, at the Worker's choice and not more than a quarter of any month's wage.
4.2 No advance, loan or debt, now or later, binds the Worker to work for the Farmer, stops him leaving, or may be worked off by his labour or his family's. Any advance may be recovered only as an ordinary debt in the manner the law allows, and never by forcing the Worker or any member of his family to work or by keeping them on the farm against their will.
4.3 The Worker is free to leave at any time on the notice in clause 6. The Worker's family is not bound to work for the Farmer, and the Worker's children shall not be made to work on the farm in place of school.