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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Disparity in wages between male, female workers in rural India reduced

Disparity in wages between male, female workers in rural India reduced

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published Published on May 28, 2010   modified Modified on May 28, 2010


UPA's flagship job guarantee scheme seems to have ensured better wages for women in rural India.

An NSSO survey report released earlier this week revealed that disparity in wages between male and female workers in rural India had reduced between 2004-05 when there was no national rural employment guarantee scheme and 2007-08 when the scheme was introduced by UPA-1. In 2007-08, rural women working in NREGA areas were getting 54% higher wages than casual women workers in urban areas. Wages in rural areas were less than those in urban areas earlier but NREGA has changed the norm.

The report pointed out that compared to an average daily wage of Rs 48.50 for a woman in urban areas, women enrolled under the NREGA scheme got Rs 79 every day in rural India. With the introduction of the scheme in rural India, the wage difference between men and women has also reduced. In urban India, where there is no job guarantee scheme, the disparity in wages between men and women have increased.

Though the scheme ensures higher wages to workers, the NSSO survey highlights that the wages being given are still less than Rs 100 per day stipulated by the government.

As the survey was based on answers from respondents, it failed to provide reasons for the government failing to disburse the mandatory amount. Meanwhile, the report found that 92% of Indians were employed on a given day but finding work all year was still a challenge.


The Times of India, 28 May, 2010, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Disparity-in-wages-between-male-female-workers-in-rural-India-reduced/articleshow/5983245.cms


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