Recasting Citizenship for Development - File UPI

Migrant Tribal Women’s Struggle for Livelihood 131
Table 6.7
Facilities
Respondents
Facilities Yes Per cent No Per cent
Drinking water facility 128 75.29 42 24.71
First-aid 05 02.95 165 97.05
Creches for small children of workers 01 00.60 169 99.40
Trial pit indicating the norms of output for the
minimum wages prescribed for unskilled work – 00.00 170 100.00
Schedule of rates applicable in the area – 00.00 170 100.00
Working Hours in a Day
To understand the level of exploitation that a wage labourer has to face,
we enquired into the number of hours a woman is required to work in a
day. As per the responses of the labourers, 93.50 per cent said that they
worked eight hours a day under the scheme. There are only 1.80 per cent
and 4.70 per cent who are of the view that they work for more or fewer
hours (10 or six hours, respectively). It seems that their views differ because
of their inability to estimate the actual period that they remain at
work (see Table 6.8). It can be said that so far as the working hours are
concerned, the women are working as per the rules.
Table 6.8
Working Hours in a Day
Working Hours in a Day No.
Respondents
Per cent
6 hrs 08 04.70
8 hrs 159 93.50
10 hrs 03 01.80
Total 170 100.00
Wage Paid under the EAS
Payment of wages to the labourers is an important aspect of any scheme.
It becomes all the more important in the case of the EAS, which is primarily
meant for the generation of employment for needy rural groups
during the lean agricultural season. Keeping this in mind, the respondents
were asked to state the actual wages they received per day under the scheme.