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dividends as some children were observed working. Some footage has also been obtained. Visiting residence of local workers: Where local workers were reported going for charkha work, the team visited their villages. However even here it was not possible to record working children. The workers were aware that child labor is illegal. So no young workers showed up at these village meetings. Befriending labor contractors: The survey team tried to befriend the labor contractors. A separate meeting of contractors was also organized. Limitations 1. The study has been carried out in three main clusters in Gujarat. However as shown in the Table (1), there are many more clusters in Saurashtra. Not much is known about the labor composition in these clusters. The results of this study may not hold for these clusters. 2. The age of the children will remain a matter of dispute. The field investigators have listed the age on the basis of direct observation. But it is very difficult to prove the exact age of child. 14
Chapter 3 Study Findings Child workers at Raghuveer Ginning Rajkot Gondal Highway, 1 st March 2012 Socio-economic profile of labor force: in cotton ginning factories - Migrant/ local, male/ female, educational levels, sociological profile (SC/ ST/ other backward castes), economic background – land and other asset holding There are five main categories of labor force in cotton ginning factories Unloading Charkha Fitters Bale making/ pressing Supervisory staff Each work is performed by a separate ethnic group. Unloading: The raw cotton comes in trucks from cotton producing areas. The trucks have to be unloaded in the shade from where cotton is picked up through mechanical conveyors and transported to the main factory. There is a committed workforce for the task of unloading. These workers are from the state of Bihar, a North Indian state some 2000 kms away. Within Bihar 15
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