Year: 2014 | Month: November | Volume 3 | Special Issue
Unorganized Workers in Beedi Industry: A Study on Women Beedi Rollers of Karnataka, India
Abstract:
Beedi rolling is one of the major unorganized sector activities in India, which employs a large number of women. The beedi industry is the fourth largest employers of workers in India, after agriculture, handloom and construction. The India’s Ministry of Labour estimates about 50 lakh workers in the beedi rolling industry, majority of them are home based women workers. On the other hand, the trade unions claim that there are over 70 lakh beedi workers. Women constitute a very high percentage of labour force in the beedi manufacturing. In this backdrop, the study has been
conducted in Dakshina Kannada district with a selection of 120 women beedi roller households for an in-depth analysis. In this paper, we analyse the income and employment generation in beedi rolling and explore the nature of health hazards experienced by the members of the beedi roller families in the study area
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