Abstract: This study is an attempt to analyze the socio-economic condition of rural women agricultural labours in puducherry region. The major objective of this study is to understand the socio-economic condition of women agricultural labourers in Puducherry region. For this study both primary and secondary data were collected. Secondary data were collected from census of India (2001-2011), national sample survey, directorate of economics and statistic, Puducherry and for primary data three case studies were done by using purposive sampling. This study also uses simple methodology of ratios and percentages to explain the variables dealt with. The finding of the study reveals that the wages of agricultural labourers the number of days they are employed in a year and their income earned annually are lower than that of their counterparts in the industrial as well as service sector. Regarding unemployment it was found that the problem of unemployment under employment and the consequent migration of agricultural labourers seen as a general problem faced by agricultural labours. It was also found that the women agricultural labourers are more acute and they are vulnerable to several ways by balancing themselves between the daily domestic household Chorus and rendering their labour outside. Migration by rural men to urban areas or to neighbouring states to escape from poverty traps has increased the number of women participant in agriculture who has to carry the full burden of earning income and managing households for their families.
Keywords: Agriculture, Rural Women Agricultural Labour, Socio-Economic Status, Wage Structure, Technology and Displacement, Puducherry Region.
Title: Socio-Economic Status of Rural Women Agricultural Labors in Puducherry Region
Author: VIJAYA RAJ
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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