Minimum wages of women workers in garment industry: With special reference to Tumakuru District Ashok K.A1, Dr. Kusugal Pallavi. S.2 1Research Scholar, Department of Studies and Research in Economics Tumkur University, Tumakuru, Karnataka 2Research Guide and Assistant Professor, Department of Studies and Research in Economics, Tumkur University, Tumakuru, Karnataka Online published on 7 October, 2019. Abstract Wages are deciding factor to influence productive, efficiency and impacted on worker's skill enhancement, it also impact on the standard of living of workers, their purchasing power will improved and socio-economic status will be uplifted. Legal wage safeguard are essential even to Garment Industries Women Workers, minimum wage rates globally at various rates, Asia region is not spare in wage rates differences, wage legal safeguard reflect on workers standard of living, creating job opportunities, reduce the Industrial Disputes. In Developing Country like India having low level of wage rates compared to neighboring countries, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Philippines and Indonesia, recently china raised its wage rates, compare all these wage rates India needs to modify its wage policy, presently in India wage rates are vary from state to state, wages fixation is in the concurrent list of Indian Constitution. In Garment Industry concern wages are prevailing vary across different Apparel and Garment Clusters, firms, occupations and skills level within the Garment Industry these wage rates are not enough meet their family requirements. Women workers are major labour force in the Garment Industry, there are getting low level of wages. The present study focused on the minimum wage rates in the India in generally and Tumakuru District Garment Industry Particularly, the study is based on the Primary and Secondary data. Top Keywords Minimum Wage, Garment Industry, Women workers. Top |