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| Article Name : | | | WELFARE SCHEMES OF BEEDI WORKERS IN INDIA | | Author Name : | | | M. Sateeshnadha Reddy , V. Balakrishnama Naidu | | Publisher : | | | Ashok Yakkaldevi | | Article Series No. : | | | GRT-5366 | | Article URL : | |  | Author Profile View PDF In browser | | Abstract : | | | The beedi industry is generally located in the ‘unorganised’ sector, although beedi rolling began in the factory sector (in early twentieth century), over the last three decades, the beedi manufacturers have increasingly shifted the work from factories into the households, small unincorporated units or into small work sheds.Mostly the economically and socially backward populations are involved in beedi industry. In India, female beedi workers accounting 75.02 per cent and 25.12 per cent of male workers in the year 2014. Almost all the states dominate female workers in beedi industry except Gujarat. In Gujarat state, male beedi workers accounting 53.19 per cent and female beedi workers account 46.81 per cent in the year 2014. | | Keywords : | | |
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