Socio – Economic Demographic Profile of the Labourers: A Study on Co-Operative Sugar Mills on Punjab

Vol-4 | Issue-02 | February 2019 | Published Online: 10 February 2019    PDF ( 484 KB )
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2574076
Author(s)
Jasdeep Singh Toor 1; Harkiran Kaur Matharu 2

1Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Punjabi University, Patiala (India)

2Research Scholar, Department of Economics, Punjabi University, Patiala (India)

Abstract

In an era, when there was need for inclusive growth, the sugar industry was amongst the few industries that have successfully contributed to the Indian economy, particularly rural economy. At present, sugar industry is second largest agro-based industry in India after cotton textile industry and for working in any industry labour is the most important factor amongst all. The socio-economic conditions and working environment greatly affects production. The present paper deals with studying the socio-economic profile and demographic features of the labourers engaged in Co-operative Sugar Mills in Punjab.

Keywords
age, housing, income, family structure, education, land holdings, milch animals
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