TRANS Asian Journal of Marketing & Management Research (TAJMMR)
Year : 2018, Volume : 7, Issue : 1
First page : ( 216) Last page : ( 227)
Online ISSN : 2279-0667.

Socio-economic status of the women workers employed in bharathi tea factory: a case study from kil-kothagiri, Nilagiri District, Tamilnadu

Rajam V.*

*Professor, Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women, Coimbatore, India

Online published on 9 February, 2018.

Abstract

The inclusive growth approach focuses on productive employment rather than on direct income redistribution. It is, therefore, inherently sustainable as distinct from income redistribution schemes which can in the short run reduce the disparities between the poorest and the rest. In order to achieve sustained economic growth, empowerment of women is essential. In this context, the present study on socio Economic status of women workers of tea Bharathi tea exporting factory in kothagiri, in Nilgiris district has been undertaken with the following objectives; to study the export of tea from India to other principal countries; to study. State-wise yield of tea from 2001 to 2010; to study Tea Plantation in South India and to study the socio economic status of the women workers employed in tea factory. The study based on primary and secondary data with the help of 50 women workers in Bharathi tea exports industry has taken. The study found that present wage the women earn is not adequate to run their family. They are not able to provide higher education to their children. Only thing they appreciate is that they have free rented house and tax free water facility. At the same time, women workers saved a portion of their income for the life security and for their future. Indirectly, these women workers are expected to contribute a share in the household level saving which will strength the capital formation of the country to undertake and expand the infrastructural facilities in the hilly region/s of in the long run. Therefore, government should take/encourage effective steps to promote Women empowerment by providing more employment in the hilly areas

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Keywords

Focuses, Redistribution, Empowerment, Disparities, Integral.

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