PROBLEMS OF FEMALE WORKERS WORKING IN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY IN INDIA

ABSTRACT

Construction sector comes under unorganized sector of an economy. The term unorganized labour has been defined as those workers who have not been able to organise themselves in pursuit of their common interest due to certain constraints like casual nature of

employment, ignorance and illiteracy, small and scattered size of establishment etc. As per the survey carried out by the National Sample Survey Organisation in the year 1999-2000, the total employment in both organised and unorganized sectors in the country was of the order of 39.7 crores around 2.8 crores in the organised sector and 36.9 crores (about 93%) in the unorganized sector. Out of 36.9 crores workers in the unorganized sector, 23.7 crore workers (60.00%) are employed in agricultural sector, about 1.7 crore in construction sector(4.00%), 4.1 crore in manufacturing (10.00%), 3.7 crore in transport and communication services (9.00%) and 3.7 crores in trade (9.00%). The need was felt, therefore, to put focus on the problems faced by the workers in unorganized sector with special reference to the workers in construction work. The present topic will describe various problems of female construction workers.

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