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In terms of total income aggregated for all actors, only 3.5 percent accounts for collectors,
followed by Majhis/Beparis (8.5%), Choto Mahajans (16.3%), Boro Mahajans (27.5), Aratdars
(26.5%), wholesalers (11.5%) and retailers (6.2%).
In terms of the distribution by deciles, as is the case with other products, the income distribution
appears to be skewed (Table 5.20). That means, the degree of inequality is found to be worse.
Considering two deciles, Decile 1 for the bottom-ranking actors and Decile 10 for the topranking
actors, it can be seen that the top 10 percent of the actors earn as high as 42 times as
much income as the bottom 10 percent (i.e.,1:43) 83 (See Figures 5.64 and 5.65). Gini coefficient
for hilsha fish estimates as 0.48, which is a bit lower compared to gura and sada fish.
Table 5.19: Annual income level of SRF Actors: Hilsha
Actors Monthly income Duration (Month) Annual % of total
Peak Non-peak Peak Nonpeak
Adjusted income income
non-peak
Collector 8,160 6,034 3.50 2.50 1.96 40,413 3.51
Majhi/Beparis 14,138 9,214 5.00 4.00 2.89 97,308 8.45
Choto 40,890 22,149 3.00 3.40 2.93 187,517 16.29
Mahajan
Boro 60,896 37,873 3.67 2.67 2.45 316,195 27.46
Mahajan
Aratdar 45,000 21,151 4.33 7.67 5.23 305,473 26.53
Wholesaler 16,973 9,656 4.33 7.67 6.13 132,693 11.53
Retailer 8,690 5,561 4.33 7.67 6.13 71,722 6.23
Total 194,747 111,638 - - - 1,151,321 100.00
Note: Non-peak months are standardized with corresponding number of days worked.
Figure 5.63: Annual income level (%) of SRF Actors: Hilsha
83 Such inequality should be used with care as the sample size was small.
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