Socio-economic Conditions of Women Workers in Sugar Industries of Bidar District

Women are playing significant role in unorganized sector work in India. Of these, many of the women are employed as labourers in sugar industries. These women are under-employed as the employment in sugar industries is for only few days, that is for 100 to 150 days in a year. Hence, these women have irregular income. Apart from irregular income, there is lower wages paid by the sugar industries. Even these women workers are facing many of the occupational problems due to poor environment in sugar industries. Hence, the present study is made to explore the socio-economic conditions of women workers in sugar industries of Bidar district of Karnataka. Totally 142 women workers were surveyed using interview schedule. The paper described the socio-economic conditions of women workers in sugar industries of Bidar district.