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<strong>Research</strong> <strong>Abstracts</strong> on Child Labour, Labour and Women Labour 1998 - 2009
Wages
workers were generally yearly workers and some of them were monthly workers also. The
cash payment per month was Rs.180/-. The meal component was 0.5 kg rice, 50 gm dal, and
50 gm bajra. Workers of Bhatyle in Ratnagiri who climbed the trees were paid Rs. 41/- per
day, and the others got Rs. 37/- per day. As an incentive, the worker gets Rs. 4.50 per day.
Further, in Kaseli of Rajapur there were seasonal agriculture workers earning Rs. 65/- for
making compounds, Rs. 70/- for applying insecticides and Rs. 70/- for plucking. The male
workers of Ganjar Dhak Pala of Dahanoo taluk, Nagpur got Rs. 30/- and female workers got
Rs. 25/- per day. In Sangwi village of Bhor taluk women workers were paid Rs. 25/- and male
workers were paid Rs. 30/- for paddy harvesting. Similarly in Asawe, Dahanoo, daily wage of
paddy harvesting was Rs. 30/- in cash. So the workers did not really have a free choice
between two alternatives, the choice was conditioned. It was suggested that in a non-barter
and highly monetized economy cash payment to workers would not only grant them the
freedom to sell their labour power in the labour market, it would also strengthen the wage
goods market, which would be beneficial for the economy as a whole.