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| Article Name : | | | ORGANISED NATURE OF UNORGANISED WORLD OF RAGPICKING: A STUDY OF JAMMU CITY | | Author Name : | | | Manoti Barki , Sarika Manhas | | Publisher : | | | Ashok Yakkaldevi | | Article Series No. : | | | GRT-3764 | | Article URL : | |  | Author Profile View PDF In browser | | Abstract : | | | An empirical study was conducted to understand organised nature of unorganised world of ragpicking. A sample of 200 ragpicker children in the age group of 8 to 14 years was selected from different areas of Jammu city. Results reveal that majority of the child ragpickers were as young as 8 to 10 years of age. They had mostly migrated from states namely Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh to Jammu. It was found that 46% of the respondents were involved in ragpicking for less than 2 years. Majority (69%) of the rag pickers were observed to show preference for collection of all types of wastes (paper, plastic, metal and glass). On an average they gathered 3 to 6 kgs of rags and earned below Rs. 30 per day.Most (47.5%) ragpickers children did not show any preference of locality for picking waste and travelled on foot to collection destinations or through routes and carried bags of their collections on their backs. It was observed that junk dealers played an important role in motivation of children for their involvement in ragpicking. The findings highlight that children worked as ragpickers in more or less an organised manner and showed specific preferences in performing this activity. | | Keywords : | | |
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