WAGE RATES IN RURAL INDIA

lr;eso t;rs WAGE RATES IN RURAL INDIA (2008-09) Hkkjr ljdkj GOVERNMENT OF INDIA Je,oa jkstxkj ea=ky; MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT Je C;wjks LABOUR BUREAU f'keyk@pumhx<+ SHIMLA / CHANDIGARH 2010

lr;eso t;rs WAGE RATES IN RURAL INDIA (2008-09) Hkkjr ljdkj GOVERNMENT OF INDIA Je,oa jkstxkj ea=ky; MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT Je C;wjks LABOUR BUREAU f'keyk@pumhx<+ SHIMLA / CHANDIGARH 2010

PREFACE The Labour Bureau has been compiling, maintaining and disseminating State wise as well as All India average daily wage rates in respect of 18 agricultural and nonagricultural occupations. These wage rates are compiled on the basis of the daily wage rates collected from 600 sample villages, spread over 66 NSS regions, falling in 20. Though theses wage rates are compiled and released every month through Indian Labour Journal and Labour Bureau s website http://labourbureau.gov.in, it was felt that, in view of the usage of the wage rate data, they may be presented in a compact manner. Accordingly, Labour Bureau started publishing Wage Rates in Rural India. The present Publication which is twelfth in the series, contains information in respect of average daily wage rates for 18 agricultural and non-agricultural occupations, State wise as well as All India. These data, besides utilizing for working out the cost of cultivation for the purpose of fixation and revision of support/procurement prices of both Kharif and Rabi crops, are also utilized for different purposes by the policy makers and researchers. I appreciate the efforts made by the officers and staff of Wage Rate Unit (Annexure- II) of Labour Bureau in bringing out this publication. The Bureau welcomes the suggestions for improvement of this publication. Shimla :171 004 Dated : 30.3. 2010 Dr. K.S.R.V.S. CHALAM DIRECTOR GENERAL

CONTENTS Page No. 1. Summary of Main Findings 1-3 2. Methodology for Compilation of the Wage Rate Data 4-8 Table 1(a) All-India Average Daily Wage Rates in Agricultural Occupations during 2008-2009 (month-wise) Table 1(b) Table 2(a) All-India Average Daily Wage Rates in Non-agricultural Occupations during 2008-2009 (month-wise) All-India Annual Average Daily Wage Rates in Agricultural Occupations during 2008-2009 (Occupation-wise) Table 2(b) All-India Annual Average Daily Wage Rates in Nonagricultural Occupations during 2008-2009 (Occupation-wise) Table 3(a) Table 3 (b) Table 4(a) Table 4(b) Table 5(a) Table 5(b) Table 6(a) Table 6(b) Table 7(a) Table 7(b) Average Daily Wage Rates in Agricultural Occupations in Rural India during July,2008 (by & Sex) Average Daily Wage Rates in Non-agricultural Occupations in Rural India during July, 2008 (by & Sex) Average Daily Wage Rates in Agricultural Occupations in Rural India during August, 2008 (by & Sex) Average Daily Wage Rates in Non-agricultural Occupations in Rural India during August, 2008 (by & Sex) Average Daily Wage Rates in Agricultural Occupations in Rural India during September, 2008 (by & Sex) Average Daily Wage Rates in Non-agricultural Occupations in Rural India during September, 2008 (by & Sex) Average Daily Wage Rates in Agricultural Occupations in Rural India during October, 2008 (by & Sex) Average Daily Wage Rates in Non-agricultural Occupations in Rural India during October, 2008 (by & Sex) Average Daily Wage Rates in Agricultural Occupations in Rural India during November, 2008 (by & Sex) Average Daily Wage Rates in Non-agricultural Occupations in Rural India during November, 2008 (by & Sex) 9-12 13-15 16 17 18-21 22-24 25-28 29-31 32-35 36-38 39-42 43-45 46-49 50-52

Table 8(a) Table 8(b) Table 9(a) Table 9(b) Table 10(a) Table 10(b) Table 11(a) Table 11(b) Table 12 (a) Table 12(b) Table 13(a) Table 13(b) Table 14(a) Table 14(b) Average Daily Wage Rates in Agricultural Occupations in Rural India during December,2008 (by & Sex) Average Daily Wage Rates in Non-agricultural Occupations in Rural India during December,2008 (by & Sex) Average Daily Wage Rates in Agricultural Occupations in Rural India during January,2009 (by & Sex) Average Daily Wage Rates in Non-agricultural Occupations in Rural India during January,2009 (by & Sex) Average Daily Wage Rates in Agricultural Occupations in Rural India during February,2009 (by & Sex) Average Daily Wage Rates in Non-agricultural Occupations in Rural India during February,2009 (by, & Sex) Average Daily Wage Rates in Agricultural Occupations in Rural India during March,2009 (by & Sex) Average Daily Wage Rates in Non-agricultural Occupations in Rural India during March,2009 (by & Sex) Average Daily Wage Rates in Agricultural Occupations in Rural India during April,2009 (by & Sex) Average Daily Wage Rates in Non-agricultural Occupations in Rural India during April,2009 (by & Sex) Average Daily Wage Rates in Agricultural Occupations in Rural India during May,2009 (by & Sex) Average Daily Wage Rates in Non-agricultural Occupations in Rural India during May,2009 (by & Sex) Average Daily Wage Rates in Agricultural Occupations in Rural India during June,2009 (by & Sex) Average Daily Wage Rates in Non-agricultural Occupations in Rural India during June,2009 (by & Sex) 53-56 57-59 60-63 64-66 67-70 71-73 74-77 78-80 81-84 85-87 88-91 92-94 95-98 99-101 Annexure I Block-5 of Schedule 3.01 ( R) for Collection of Wage Rate Data 102-103 Annexure II List of Officers/Staff Members associated with the Booklet. 104 Annexure III List of publications brought out so far on the subject 104

1. SUMMARY OF MAIN FINDINGS The main findings of the data are summarised below : a) Agricultural occupations: 1. All-India annual average daily wage rates in different agricultural occupations during the year 2008-09 varied widely from Rs.53.48 for male herdskeepers to Rs.116.28 for male labourers engaged in well digging ; from Rs.41.32 for female herds-keepers to Rs.71.58 for the female labourers engaged in harvesting activities; and from Rs.36.22 for child herds-keepers to Rs.52.51 for those employed in transplanting occupations. Table 1 (a) 2. Amongst agricultural occupations, well digging was observed to be the highest paid occupation for men probably on account of the requirement of skill and risk in the performance of the activity followed by ploughing and sowing occupations. During the year 2008-09, the all-india average daily wage rates in well digging ranged between Rs.122.51 in June, 2009 to Rs.110.96 in July, 2008 Table 1 (a) 3. Harvesting occupation fetched maximum wages for women followed by transplanting and weeding occupations. The all-india average daily wage rates for women in harvesting occupation ranged between Rs.68.07 in July, 2008 and Rs.77.16 in May, 2009. Table 1 (a) 4. Children got highest wages in transplanting occupation in the range of Rs.46.30 in July,2008 to Rs.56.18 in June,2009, followed by harvesting and weeding occupations. Table 1 (a) 5. During 2008-09, herds-keeping was observed to be the least remunerative occupation for men, women and child workers as the annual average daily wage rates in this occupation were reported to be as low as Rs.53.48, Rs.41.32 and Rs.36.22 respectively. Table 1 (a)

b) Non-agricultural occupations: 1. The all-india annual average daily wage rates in non- agricultural occupations during the year 2008-09 also varied widely from Rs.63.40 for male sweepers to Rs.160.30 for male masons ; from Rs.65.66 for female unskilled labourers to Rs.63.42 for female sweepers. In case of children, due to non-receipt of sufficient number of quotations, the average daily wage rate could be calculated for unskilled labourers only, which worked out to Rs.42.03. Table 1 (b) 2. Amongst non-agricultural occupations, masonry was observed to be the highest paid occupation for men, followed by carpentry and tractor driving. During the year 2008-09, the all-india average daily wages for male masons ranged between Rs.150.97 in July, 2008 to Rs.167.08 in June, 2009. Table 1 (b) 3. Unskilled Labour was the highest paid occupation for women as the all-india average daily wages in that occupation ranged between Rs.60.31 in July, 2008 to Rs.70.04 in June,2009. Table 1 (b) 4. During the year 2008-09, the all-india average daily wages for children engaged as unskilled labourers ranged between Rs.39.26 in July, 2008 and Rs.45.35 in June, 2009. Table 1 (b) 5. Sweeping was found to be the lowest paid occupation for men during the year under reference with an all-india average daily wage rate of Rs.63.40. For women Sweeping was observed to be the lowest paid occupation with an average daily wage rates of Rs.63.42. Table 1 (b) 6. The average daily wage rates for women were found to be generally lower than those for men in most of the occupations. These may be attributed to variation in the number of quotations as the wage differential based on sex was not that significant at sample village level.

7. None of the female workers were found engaged as carpenters, blacksmiths, cobblers, mason and tractor drivers and hence no wage rate was reported for these occupations during the year 2008-09. c) Monthwise Average daily wage rates of in Agricultural and nonagricultural occupations : 1. Amongst, Kerala State has the highest average daily wage rates in all the occupations in all the months of the year. Table 3 (a) to 14 (b) 2. After Kerala, in the two hill states of Himachal Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir, average daily wage rates in all the months are higher than developed like Maharashtra, Gujarat, Punjab and Haryana. Table 3 (a) to 14 (b) 3. The lowest average daily wage rates in all the occupations for all the months of the year are reported from Madhya Pradesh. Table 3 (a) to 14 (b)

2. METHODOLOGY FOR COMPILATION OF THE WAGE RATE DATA 2.1. INTRODUCTION It is universally accepted that a number of factors determine the agrarian structure of a country such as physical features, natural resources, population growth, pressure on land, economic development rate, level of effective utilization of resources and the institutional factors namely land systems and inheritance law. None can deny the fact that in the resources hierarchy of India, agriculture enjoys the utmost importance. Agriculture is not only an economic activity but a way of life also. It is the main source of man-power supply to the fast growing industrial sector in India. As such, its inherent problems are at the root of all other problems. Moreover, agricultural labour constitutes the most vulnerable segment of the unorganised work force. Being unorganized and scattered, the rural labour is deprived of the benefits of labour enactments and employer-employee relationships which their counter parts enjoy in the organized sector of the industries. Agricultural labourers have to contain themselves with the casual employment and frequent changes of employers as well as places and no fixed pay. Coupled with this is scanty information base on the working and living conditions of this segment. The only major source of reliable information on socioeconomic conditions of the rural labour is the Rural Labour Enquiry conducted on quinquennial basis. Consumer Price Index Numbers for Agricultural and Rural Labourers, released by the Bureau on monthly basis, provide data for the fixation and revision of minimum wages in agriculture under the Minimum Wages Act, 1948. This data has also been found useful for the calculation of State/National Income and in the assessment of cost of cultivation of crops. Technical Working Group on rural retail prices set up by the NSSO in 1974 in its recommendation to revise/update the series of Consumer Price Index Numbers for Agricultural and Rural Labourers, felt the need for a regular in-flow of wage data for rural workers. Since the prices and wages are related to each other, it was felt that it would be useful if trend of these two characteristics were available on the basis of

same coverage. The Group, therefore, suggested for collection of wage rates for a number of occupations from a suitable sample of villages in various states so that fairly representative picture of wage situation is available for the entire country on continuous basis. In view of the recommendations of the Group, the wage rate data in respect of 11 agricultural and 7 non-agricultural occupations entailing manual work are being collected along with rural retail prices from 600 sample villages spread over 20 states in the country since July, 1986 with the following objectives: i) for enforcement of minimum wages fixed/revised by the Government; ii) for drawing up and implementation of Wage Policy; and iii) for estimation of State Domestic Product/National Income and Cost of Cultivation studies. The compilation of wage rate data was held in abeyance for some time, owing to some problem with regard to the veracity of data with reference to the purpose for which it was being collected. During the year 1995, the Governing Council of the National Sample Survey Organisation not only sorted out the problems but also recommended that the wage rate data should continue to be collected and published every month. In pursuance of the recommendation of the Council, the Labour Bureau took up the work of compiling wage rate data since the agricultural year 1995-96. These data are now being compiled on regular monthly basis and published in monthly publication, the Indian Labour Journal, w.e.f. April, 1998. 2.2. SAMPLE SIZE Since the rural retail prices for compilation of CPI Numbers for Agricultural/Rural Labourers and wage rates are collected from the same set of sample villages, the state-wise sample size was, therefore, decided by the Working Group as per the need for constructing the CPI No s for (i) Agricultural and for (ii) Rural Labourers.

The state-wise distribution of the number of regions, strata and sample villages is given below: No. State Region Strata Sample village 1 Andhra Pradesh 4 18 54 2 Assam 3 8 27 3 Bihar 3 13 39 4 Gujarat 5 10 30 5 Haryana 2 4 12 6 Himachal Pradesh 1 3 9 7 Jammu & Kashmir 3 5 21 8 Karnataka 4 11 36 9 Kerala 2 5 21 10 Madhya Pradesh 7 23 69 11 Maharashtra 6 18 54 12 Manipur 2 2 9 13 Meghalaya 1 2 9 14 Orissa 3 8 33 15 Punjab 2 5 15 16 Rajasthan 4 7 21 17 Tamil Nadu 4 11 33 18 Tripura 1 3 9 19 Uttar Pradesh 5 20 60 20 West Bengal 4 11 39 Total 66 187 600 2.3. COLLECTION OF DATA The wage rate data, along with rural retail prices are being collected by the Field Operations Division of the National Sample Survey Organisation from 600 sample villages spread over 66 NSS regions of 20 by convassing Block-5 (Annexure-I) of Schedule 3.01(R). Data collection from these sample villages is staggered over four weeks of a month with one-fourth of them being covered every week. The days of convassing of Schedule 3.01(R) are fixed. The village functionaries like the Panchayat Secretary, Progress Assistant, Patwari and other Village or Block Officials are the primary informants for data on wage rates. The data on normal working hours and the prevailing wage rates in cash and kind for the reported working hours are collected sex-wise for each of the 18 selected occupations in 20 states.

The selected occupations for which daily wage rates are being collected every month are as follows: A. Agricultural Occupations B. Non-agricultural Occupations 1. Ploughing 1. Carpenter 2. Sowing 2. Blacksmith 3. Weeding 3. Cobbler 4.Transplanting 4. Mason 5.Harvesting 5. Tractor Driver 6.Winnowing 6. Sweeper 7.Threshing 7. Unskilled Labour (un-specified) 8. Picking 9. Herdsman 10.Well Digging 11.Cane Crushing 2.4. PROCESS OF COMPILATION OF AVERAGE WAGE RATES The data received from the field is posted separately for agricultural and nonagricultural occupations for 20 states every month. In case the wage rates are reported for a duration of less or more than the normal working hours, then these are first adjusted for eight hours working day. Payment of wages is made in cash and/or in kind. Payments in kind are very common in rural areas which include foodgrains, cooked food, tea, fuel, cigarette, bidi, fodder, etc. Wages reported in kind are evaluated at the prevailing local retail prices. Thereafter, data is thoroughly scrutinised and discrepancies, if any, are referred back to the field for clarification. In the next stage, the simple arithmetic average of these normalised daily wage rates is worked out, occupation-wise and sex-wise for each State as follows: W = 1 n n i= 1 Wi Where W represents wage and n number of villages in the State.

Similarly, the average wage rates at all-india level are derived by dividing the sum total of wages of all the 20 by the number of quotations. State-wise averages are restricted only to those occupations where the number of quotations are five or more in order to avoid inconsistency in wages paid to different categories of workers on account of difference in number of quotations. However, for working out all-india averages all those neglected quotations are taken into account to arrive at total number of quotations at all-india level. At all-india level also, the number of quotations for working out occupation-wise averages are restricted to five or more. The present publication provides wage rate data in respect of 11 agricultural and 7 non-agricultural occupations for 20 states and all-india for the agricultural year 2008-09. The dash (-) in Tables against various occupations indicate that no wage rate was reported during the reference month for various reasons, such as: (i) either the activity connected with the occupation was not undertaken in the State; or (ii) the activity was out of season in the State; or (iii) the particular category of workers (i.e. Men/Women/Children) were not engaged in that operation.

Table No.I (a) All-India Average Daily Wage Rates in Agricultural Occupations during 2008-2009 (month wise) Month Ploughing Sowing Weeding Men Women Children Men Women Children Men Women Children 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 July,2008 96.82 50.83-84.15 58.82 46.53 77.09 64.12 42.55 August 98.31 53.13 @ 84.93 59.90 49.87 76.53 63.61 43.79 September 99.35 50.71 @ 86.32 61.99 51.56 76.66 64.67 50.20 October 99.89 54.96 @ 88.10 63.32 50.55 77.88 65.88 51.26 November 100.83 53.00-88.87 63.54 50.71 78.47 66.34 51.34 December 100.33 53.00-87.33 63.87 47.92 78.63 67.53 50.08 January,2009 101.63 55.14-89.23 65.94 49.21 81.20 69.44 50.27 February 101.86 54.67-88.73 66.08 49.02 80.57 69.91 50.12 March 103.41 54.57-90.68 67.49 49.13 81.97 70.22 49.71 April 108.14 55.25 @ 95.50 68.15 48.21 83.03 70.33 50.14 May 111.16 57.75 @ 97.50 69.49 46.56 83.95 71.69 51.37 June 113.08 72.20 @ 98.65 71.40 47.68 85.80 72.45 52.68 Annual Average 102.90 55.43 @ 90.00 65.00 48.91 80.15 68.02 49.46

Table No.I (a) contd. All-India Average Daily Wage Rates in Agricultural Occupations during 2008-2009 (month wise) Month Transplanting Harvesting Winnowing Men Women Children Men Women Children Men Women Children 1 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 July,2008 78.51 65.89 46.30 81.49 68.07 46.48 76.78 61.31 @ August 78.76 66.53 47.80 82.25 68.12 48.34 76.90 60.91 @ September 78.54 66.54 51.18 85.26 68.70 48.34 77.98 61.21 @ October 80.98 68.93 52.17 84.63 69.49 49.35 78.01 60.52 40.53 November 81.73 69.48 52.95 84.82 69.96 48.97 78.41 62.57 46.58 December 82.29 71.36 52.95 85.03 70.27 49.88 78.86 63.55 43.63 January,2009 84.23 72.77 52.95 85.49 70.67 51.35 80.80 66.57 43.27 February 83.32 72.33 53.86 87.48 71.87 52.13 82.96 67.20 43.27 March 84.56 73.79 53.86 89.43 72.97 53.07 84.27 66.51 43.27 April 85.85 74.33 53.99 91.57 74.77 53.52 84.79 67.83 42.52 May 87.35 76.86 55.99 93.49 77.16 52.74 87.53 71.49 43.78 June 93.25 78.30 56.18 93.69 76.87 51.67 87.51 71.28 43.78 Annual Average 83.28 71.43 52.51 87.05 71.58 50.49 81.23 65.08 43.40

Table No.I (a) contd. All-India Average Daily Wage Rates in Agricultural Occupations during 2008-2009 (month wise) Month Threshing Picking* Herdsman Men Women Children Men Women Children Men Women Children 1 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 July,2008 81.18 65.28 45.53 78.79 62.22 41.91 50.79 39.39 34.14 August 81.71 65.22 45.53 80.59 64.33 44.32 51.53 40.26 35.19 September 84.26 65.20 45.53 84.44 66.63 46.28 51.98 39.93 35.22 October 85.08 64.92 42.62 86.91 67.49 45.02 52.46 39.64 34.60 November 83.49 67.41 44.44 85.09 68.92 49.05 52.76 40.66 34.97 December 83.24 66.33 47.14 83.97 66.70 50.10 52.95 40.43 35.17 January,2009 84.57 67.29 48.75 79.15 64.45 54.48 53.66 40.80 35.82 February 85.83 68.17 52.00 79.33 64.27 50.44 54.18 41.81 37.31 March 85.21 67.21 50.59 78.83 66.69 48.89 54.42 41.88 37.33 April 89.98 70.21 43.57 79.08 69.63 48.89 54.83 43.65 38.09 May 89.52 72.82 43.50 77.23 66.87 35.00 55.92 44.24 38.44 June 86.59 71.88 43.50 79.84 68.28 35.00 56.28 43.20 38.40 Annual Average 85.06 67.66 46.06 81.10 66.37 45.78 53.48 41.32 36.22

Table No.1 (a) concld. All-India Average Daily Wage Rates in Agricultural Occupations during 2008-2009 (month wise) Month Well digging Cane crushing Men Women Children Men Women Children 29 30 31 32 33 34 July,2008 110.96 60.43 @ 85.04 55.18 @ August 113.34 62.01-85.31 57.70 @ September 115.22 62.22-85.86 57.70 @ October 114.92 62.24-87.02 57.70 @ November 116.15 62.31-88.70 62.08 @ December 114.43 62.63-87.97 60.86 @ January,2009 115.23 63.27-86.77 66.13 @ February 115.71 65.40-87.39 62.13 @ March 115.40 65.11 @ 85.99 61.59 @ April 121.26 64.11 @ 86.69 64.75 @ May 120.28 65.82 @ 89.90 64.44 @ June 122.51 66.10 @ 90.66 64.44 @ Annual Average 116.28 63.47 @ 87.27 61.23 @ -=Not reported *= Picking includes picking of cotton bolls/seed pods, jute stalks and tea leaves etc. @ = Quotations are less than five

Month Table No.I (b) All-India Average Daily Wage Rates in Non- agricultural Occupations during 2008-2009 (month wise) Carpenter Blacksmith Cobbler Men Women Children Men Women Children Men Women Children 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 July,2008 136.48 - @ 101.91 - @ 74.36 - @ August 137.91 - @ 102.35 - @ 74.58 - @ September 139.07 - @ 103.36 - @ 75.52 - @ October 140.71 - @ 105.20 - @ 77.31 - @ November 142.47 - @ 105.93 - @ 78.70 - @ December 143.42 - @ 106.06 - @ 79.10 - @ January,2009 145.42 - @ 107.61 - @ 80.06 - @ February 146.06 - @ 107.67 - @ 81.05 - @ March 147.78 - @ 108.85 - @ 81.64 - @ April 150.19 - @ 110.79 - @ 82.95 - @ May 152.32 - @ 113.11 - @ 84.67 - @ June 153.35 - @ 113.63 - @ 85.16 - @ Annual Average 144.60 - @ 107.21 - @ 79.59 - @

Table No. I (b) contd. All-India Average Daily Wage Rates in Non-agricultural Occupations during 2008-2009 (month wise) Month Mason Tractor Driver Men Women Children Men Women Children 1 11 12 13 14 15 16 July,2008 150.97 - - 106.72 - - August 153.59 - - 108.45 - - September 155.37 - - 109.60 - - October 157.16 - - 111.26 - - November 158.80 - - 111.48 - - December 159.92 - - 111.79 - - January,2009 161.90 - - 113.77 - - February 162.92 - - 114.44 - - March 164.14 - - 115.88 - - April 165.29 - - 116.51 - - May 166.51 - - 117.59 - - June 167.08 - - 120.07 - - Annual Average 160.30 - - 113.13 - -

Table No. I (b) concld. All-India Average Daily Wage Rates in Non-agricultural Occupations during 2008-2009 (month wise) Month Sweeper Unskilled Labourers Men Women Children Men Women Children 1 17 18 19 20 21 22 July,2008 61.21 59.55 @ 79.92 60.31 39.26 August 62.43 60.33 @ 81.53 61.83 40.09 September 64.22 59.50 @ 82.84 62.83 40.19 October 64.39 61.45 @ 84.63 63.72 41.31 November 64.15 60.18 @ 85.72 64.71 41.20 December 62.39 59.97 @ 85.60 64.81 41.48 January,2009 62.73 65.66 @ 87.10 66.36 41.55 February 63.19 65.46 @ 87.36 66.97 42.54 March 63.19 65.85 @ 88.91 67.99 42.73 April 63.86 67.29 @ 90.31 68.71 44.04 May 64.63 68.16 @ 91.40 69.59 44.60 June 64.40 67.60 @ 91.81 70.04 45.35 Annual Average 63.40 63.42 @ 86.43 65.66 42.03 - = Not reported @ = Quotations are less than five

Table No. 2 (a) All-India Annual Average Daily Wage Rates in Agricultural Occupations during the year 2008-2009 ( Occupation-wise) No. Occupation Men Women Children 1 2 3 4 5 1 Ploughing 102.90 55.43 @ 2 Sowing 90.00 65.00 48.91 3 Weeding 80.15 68.02 49.46 4 Transplanting 83.28 71.43 52.51 5 Harvesting 87.05 71.58 50.49 6 Winnowing 81.23 65.08 43.40 7 Threshing 85.06 67.66 46.06 8 Picking* 81.10 66.37 45.78 9 Herdsman 53.48 41.32 36.22 10 Well-digging 116.28 63.47 @ 11 Cane crushing 87.27 61.23 @ * = Picking includes picking of cotton bolls/seed pods, jute stalks and tea leaves etc. @ = Quotations are less than five

Table No. 2 (b) All-India Average Daily Wage Rates in Non-agricultural Occupations during the year 2008-2009 ( Occupation-wise) No. Occupation Men Women Children 1 2 3 4 5 1 Carpenter 144.60 - @ 2 Blacksmith 107.21 - @ 3 Cobbler 79.59 - @ 4 Mason 160.30 - - 5 Tractor driver 113.13 - - 6 Sweeper 63.40 63.42 @ 7 Unskilled Labourers ( Un specified 86.43 65.66 42.03 - = Not reported @ = Quotations are less than five

Table No. 3 (a) Average Daily Wage Rates in Agricultural Occupations in Rural India during July,2008 ( By and Sex) Ploughing Sowing Weeding No. Men Women Children Men Women Children Men Women Children 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1 Andhra Pradesh 101.69 - - 89.77 61.46 @ @ 57.22 @ 2 Assam 83.65 - - 84.77 69.00-77.14 66.25 @ 3 Bihar 81.28 - - 71.54 64.70 @ 59.69 53.54 @ 4 Gujarat 92.88 - - 81.92 64.67-72.22 70.80-5 Haryana 122.14 - - 118.50 @ - 116.11 110.00-6 Himachal Pradesh 179.43 - - 139.00 @ - 146.83 147.00-7 Jammu & Kashmir 125.63 - - 125.56 - - 133.13 - - 8 Karnataka 82.74 @ - 70.23 48.67 @ 64.15 46.97 31.14 9 Kerala 284.17 - - 232.94 @ - @ 134.35-10 Madhya Pradesh 67.26 - - 62.28 50.93 @ 55.68 46.57 @ 11 Maharashtra 88.87 @ - 78.25 45.58 @ 66.45 42.57 @ 12 Manipur 102.22 - - 72.78 @ - 71.67 63.33-13 Meghalaya 88.89 @ - 82.86 60.00 @ 84.44 60.00 @ 14 Orissa 68.03 - - 64.70 @ - 66.17 @ - 15 Punjab @ - - 113.17 - - 107.27 - - 16 Rajasthan 135.00 - - 116.00 @ - 113.33 101.25 @ 17 Tamil Nadu 140.84 - - 97.73 56.36-93.43 58.61 @ 18 Tripura 90.00 - - 90.00 - - 90.00 - - 19 Uttar Pradesh 83.15 - - 79.03 63.50-77.51 66.59 @ 20 West Bengal 109.91 - - 79.02 68.24 @ 77.53 68.11 @ All-India 96.82 50.83-84.15 58.82 46.53 77.09 64.12 42.55

Table No. 3 (a) contd. Average Daily Wage Rates in Agricultural Occupations in Rural India during July,2008 ( By and Sex) Transplanting Harvesting Winnowing No. Men Women Children Men Women Children Men Women Children 1 2 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 1 Andhra Pradesh 93.72 64.61-80.73 72.59 - @ @ - 2 Assam 77.67 62.00-78.46 66.67 - @ @ - 3 Bihar 66.48 58.27 45.00 65.56 62.59 47.21 61.08 58.79 @ 4 Gujarat 64.00 62.00-70.26 68.14-71.23 71.00-5 Haryana 123.13 119.17-126.52 123.67-117.50 - - 6 Himachal Pradesh @ @ - 141.00 @ - - - - 7 Jammu & Kashmir 119.29 - - 125.00 - - 115.00 - - 8 Karnataka 68.09 54.51 @ 72.19 54.95 @ 69.79 51.42-9 Kerala @ 125.24-142.00 124.00 - - @ - 10 Madhya Pradesh 59.13 52.46 @ 60.25 51.05 - @ @ - 11 Maharashtra 75.00 47.19 @ 74.71 46.67 - @ 49.00-12 Manipur 72.78 65.56-72.22 64.44-70.63 62.50-13 Meghalaya 86.67 58.57 - @ @ - @ @ - 14 Orissa 71.73 57.08 @ 66.04 @ - @ - - 15 Punjab 119.13 - - 112.33 - - @ - - 16 Rajasthan - - - @ @ @ - - - 17 Tamil Nadu 87.31 59.37 @ 90.93 64.09 @ 82.17 58.67-18 Tripura 90.00 - - 90.00 - - 90.00 - - 19 Uttar Pradesh 76.18 69.85 56.00 74.45 67.79 @ 74.30 @ - 20 West Bengal 81.26 71.04 @ 79.94 70.98 @ 76.87 66.49 @ All-India 78.51 65.89 46.30 81.49 68.07 46.48 76.78 61.31 @

Table No. 3 (a) contd. Average Daily Wage Rates in Agricultural Occupations in Rural India during July,2008 ( By and Sex) Threshing Picking* Herdsman No. 1 2 1 Andhra Pradesh 2 Assam 3 Bihar 4 Gujarat 5 Haryana 6 Himachal Pradesh 7 Jammu & Kashmir 8 Karnataka 9 Kerala 10 Madhya Pradesh 11 Maharashtra 12 Manipur 13 Meghalaya 14 Orissa 15 Punjab 16 Rajasthan 17 Tamil Nadu 18 Tripura 19 Uttar Pradesh 20 West Bengal All-India Men Women Children Men Women Children Men Women Children 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 89.43 @ - - @ @ 53.10 @ @ @ @ - @ @ - @ - 52.20 62.69 60.00 @ @ @ - 49.20-35.39 73.83 @ - 92.14 92.14-70.50 @ - 129.29 @ - 114.00 @ - @ - - - - - - - - - - - @ - - - - - - - - 69.63 54.50 - @ 42.40 @ 66.17 @ @ @ @ - - - - - - - 64.09 50.50-48.13 43.75-40.31 35.28 29.35 77.78 48.89 - @ @ @ 51.56 42.14 32.92 - - - - - - 67.14 - - @ @ - @ @ - @ - - 64.76 - - @ @ - 45.06 25.00 @ @ - - @ - - - - - @ @ - @ @ @ 71.11 @ @ 77.79 54.87 - @ @ - @ @ - - - - - - - - - - 80.38 @ - - @ - 43.75-38.33 82.39 71.17 @ @ @ - @ - 37.78 81.18 65.28 45.53 78.79 62.22 41.91 50.79 39.39 34.14

Table No. 3 (a) concld. Average Daily Wage Rates in Agricultural Occupations in Rural India during July,2008 ( By and Sex) Well digging Cane crushing No. Men Women Children Men Women Children 1 2 30 31 32 33 34 35 1 Andhra Pradesh @ - - @ @ - 2 Assam - - - - - - 3 Bihar 72.33 - - 71.00 - - 4 Gujarat @ @ - @ - - 5 Haryana @ - - @ - - 6 Himachal Pradesh - - - - - - 7 Jammu & Kashmir - - - - - - 8 Karnataka 101.50 @ - 85.46 @ - 9 Kerala 247.50 @ - - - - 10 Madhya Pradesh 64.81 50.88 - @ @ - 11 Maharashtra 102.00 @ - - - - 12 Manipur @ - - - - - 13 Meghalaya - - - - - - 14 Orissa 100.37 - - @ - - 15 Punjab @ - - - - - 16 Rajasthan 87.00 - - - - - 17 Tamil Nadu 145.33 @ - 108.57 @ - 18 Tripura - - - - - - 19 Uttar Pradesh 99.34 - - 81.82 @ @ 20 West Bengal @ - @ @ - - All-India 110.96 60.43 @ 85.04 55.18 @ - = Not reported @ = Number of quotations are less than five. * = Picking includes picking of cotton bolls/seed pods, jute stalks and tea leaves etc.

Table No. 3 (b) Average Daily Wage Rates in Non-agricultural Occupations in Rural India during July,2008 ( By and Sex) Carpenter Blacksmith Cobbler No. Men Women Children Men Women Children Men Women Children 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1 Andhra Pradesh 108.91 - - 86.22 - @ 58.79 - - 2 Assam 138.69 - - 84.50 - - 77.50 - - 3 Bihar 120.00 - - 100.71 - - 74.03 - @ 4 Gujarat 150.29 - - @ - - @ - - 5 Haryana 185.91 - - 145.71 - - 125.00 - - 6 Himachal Pradesh 219.63 - - 212.00 - - - - - 7 Jammu & Kashmir 200.28 - - 148.13 - - - - - 8 Karnataka 117.76 - - 88.80 - - 69.39 - - 9 Kerala 248.75 - - 236.59 - - @ - - 10 Madhya Pradesh 98.66 - - 82.11 - - 61.35 - - 11 Maharashtra 122.01 - - 100.61 - - 84.03 - - 12 Manipur 120.00 - - 83.75 - - 72.78 - - 13 Meghalaya 145.00 - - 106.67 - - 83.75 - - 14 Orissa 127.37 - - 92.50 - - 106.00 - - 15 Punjab 190.05 - - 181.60 - - - - - 16 Rajasthan 176.25 - - 110.00 - - - - - 17 Tamil Nadu 156.96 - - 122.22 - - 74.26 - - 18 Tripura 120.00 - - 80.00 - - 80.00 - - 19 Uttar Pradesh 141.23 - @ 122.71 - @ 81.47 - - 20 West Bengal 115.78 - - 75.74 - - 64.30 - - All-India 136.48 - @ 101.91 - @ 74.36 - @

Table No. 3 (b) contd. Average Daily Wage Rates in Non-agricultural Occupations in Rural India during July,2008 ( By and Sex) Mason Tractor driver No. Men Women Children Men Women Children 1 2 12 13 14 15 16 17 1 Andhra Pradesh 143.46 - - 94.58 - - 2 Assam 141.70 - - @ - - 3 Bihar 138.68 - - 90.45 - - 4 Gujarat 167.89 - - 121.67 - - 5 Haryana 228.33 - - 159.00 - - 6 Himachal Pradesh 213.38 - - @ - - 7 Jammu & Kashmir 196.76 - - - - - 8 Karnataka 132.83 - - 110.22 - - 9 Kerala 251.32 - - @ - - 10 Madhya Pradesh 119.63 - - 84.88 - - 11 Maharashtra 142.50 - - 98.50 - - 12 Manipur @ - - 112.00 - - 13 Meghalaya 130.00 - - - - - 14 Orissa 132.73 - - 111.30 - - 15 Punjab 188.45 - - 121.98 - - 16 Rajasthan 189.72 - - 133.74 - - 17 Tamil Nadu 179.64 - - 120.71 - - 18 Tripura 120.00 - - 120.00 - - 19 Uttar Pradesh 149.87 - - 101.08 - - 20 West Bengal 121.15 - - 134.50 - - All-India 150.97 - - 106.72 - -

Table No. 3 (b) concld. Average Daily Wage Rates in Non-agricultural Occupations in Rural India during July,2008 ( By and Sex) Sweeper Unskilled labourers No. Men Women Children Men Women Children 1 2 18 19 20 21 22 23 1 Andhra Pradesh @ @ - 79.47 57.35 48.77 2 Assam - - - 78.92 58.33 48.33 3 Bihar 53.60 - @ 67.77 61.27 51.18 4 Gujarat @ @ - 68.09 66.48-5 Haryana 110.00 @ - 124.17 118.50-6 Himachal Pradesh - - - 130.78 @ - 7 Jammu & Kashmir - - - 124.76 - - 8 Karnataka 52.22 40.00-61.93 45.78 37.22 9 Kerala - @ - 191.39 138.18-10 Madhya Pradesh 59.75 55.91-48.07 40.36 28.41 11 Maharashtra 56.40 @ - 63.46 40.83 29.17 12 Manipur - @ - 63.33 55.56-13 Meghalaya - - - 82.22 56.67 @ 14 Orissa @ @ - 64.99 55.27 35.00 15 Punjab @ @ - 110.88 @ - 16 Rajasthan @ @ - 98.42 87.42 @ 17 Tamil Nadu @ @ - 101.57 73.79 @ 18 Tripura - - - 90.00 @ - 19 Uttar Pradesh @ 75.00 @ 79.54 64.83 49.50 20 West Bengal - - - 69.91 63.39 42.31 All-India 61.21 59.55 @ 79.92 60.31 39.26 - = Not reported @ = Number of quotations are less than five.

Table No. 4 (a) Average Daily Wage Rates in Agricultural Occupations in Rural India during August,2008 ( By and Sex) Ploughing Sowing Weeding No. Men Women Children Men Women Children Men Women Children 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1 Andhra Pradesh 101.91 - - 89.16 64.06 @ 68.32 58.53 @ 2 Assam 83.65 - - 84.57 @ - 78.93 70.63 @ 3 Bihar 81.54 - - 71.04 63.80 @ 60.70 54.10 @ 4 Gujarat 99.26 - - 86.79 64.67-72.59 72.12-5 Haryana 122.14 - - 120.00 @ - 119.44 113.33-6 Himachal Pradesh 195.83 - - 146.00 @ - 152.00 139.20-7 Jammu & Kashmir 125.63 - - 125.56 - - 133.13 - - 8 Karnataka 83.57 @ - 73.29 49.07 @ 65.75 47.97 31.14 9 Kerala 284.17 - - 232.94 @ - @ 134.35-10 Madhya Pradesh 69.43 - @ 63.17 52.41 @ 57.93 49.82 39.17 11 Maharashtra 90.45 @ - 77.07 46.03 @ 68.74 45.15 42.00 12 Manipur 107.78 - - 75.00 @ - 75.00 68.33-13 Meghalaya 88.89 @ - 82.50 58.75 @ 84.44 60.00 @ 14 Orissa 70.59 - - 64.44 @ - 62.88 52.71-15 Punjab @ - - 107.80 - - 111.74 - - 16 Rajasthan 123.00 - - 108.89 @ - 101.11 86.67 @ 17 Tamil Nadu 144.07 - - 99.58 60.23-93.43 58.61 @ 18 Tripura 90.00 - - 90.00 - - 90.00 - - 19 Uttar Pradesh 83.70 @ - 80.09 61.87-77.70 68.98 @ 20 West Bengal 113.88 - - 78.35 69.07 @ 78.03 68.31 @ All-India 98.31 53.13 @ 84.93 59.90 49.87 76.53 63.61 43.79

Table No. 4 (a) concld. Average Daily Wage Rates in Agricultural Occupations in Rural India during August,2008 (By and Sex) Transplanting Harvesting Winnowing No. Men Women Children Men Women Children Men Women Children 1 2 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 1 Andhra Pradesh 99.49 68.96 @ 85.64 69.77 @ @ @ - 2 Assam 80.56 66.67-79.29 68.00 - @ @ - 3 Bihar 68.92 60.57 45.00 66.59 62.59 48.64 61.08 58.79 @ 4 Gujarat 63.00 61.00-70.73 69.05-71.23 71.00-5 Haryana 123.33 117.14-124.90 121.89-117.50 - - 6 Himachal Pradesh @ - - 148.00 @ - - - - 7 Jammu & Kashmir 119.29 - - 125.00 - - 115.00 - - 8 Karnataka 68.61 55.38 @ 73.08 54.35 @ 68.23 50.18-9 Kerala @ 125.24-142.00 124.00 - - @ - 10 Madhya Pradesh 60.17 52.59 @ 58.68 49.44 - @ @ - 11 Maharashtra 70.38 50.88 @ 77.50 45.88-71.00 49.29-12 Manipur 75.00 67.78-75.56 67.78-74.38 66.25-13 Meghalaya 86.67 58.57 - @ @ - @ @ - 14 Orissa 69.80 56.24 @ 64.05 @ - @ - - 15 Punjab 118.17 - - 110.80 - - @ - - 16 Rajasthan - - - @ @ @ - - - 17 Tamil Nadu 87.31 59.37 @ 93.88 65.72 @ 82.17 58.67-18 Tripura 90.00 - - 90.00 - - 90.00 - - 19 Uttar Pradesh 77.42 69.14 56.00 75.15 67.24 @ 71.44 @ - 20 West Bengal 82.37 72.04 @ 78.83 69.91 @ 77.50 66.87 @ All-India 78.76 66.53 47.80 82.25 68.12 48.34 76.90 60.91 @

Table No. 4 (a) concld. Average Daily Wage Rates in Agricultural Occupations in Rural India during August,2008 (By and Sex) Threshing Picking* Herdsman No. 1 2 1 Andhra Pradesh 2 Assam 3 Bihar 4 Gujarat 5 Haryana 6 Himachal Pradesh 7 Jammu & Kashmir 8 Karnataka 9 Kerala 10 Madhya Pradesh 11 Maharashtra 12 Manipur 13 Meghalaya 14 Orissa 15 Punjab 16 Rajasthan 17 Tamil Nadu 18 Tripura 19 Uttar Pradesh 20 West Bengal All-India Men Women Children Men Women Children Men Women Children 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 89.43 @ - - @ @ 53.10 @ @ @ @ - @ @ - @ - 52.20 62.69 60.00 @ @ @ - 50.45 @ 36.82 73.83 @ - 92.14 92.14-70.50 @ - 129.29 @ - 114.00 @ - @ - - - - - - - - - - - @ - - - - - - - - 69.63 54.50 - @ @ @ 66.17 @ @ @ @ - - - - - - - 55.00 45.63-47.86 42.86-40.61 34.67 30.16 82.22 48.89 - @ @ @ 53.44 47.86 35.42 - - - - - - 71.43 - - @ @ - @ @ - @ - - @ - - @ @ - 46.06 25.00 @ @ - - @ - - - - - @ @ - @ @ @ 75.71 @ @ 77.79 54.87 - @ @ - @ @ - - - - - - - - - - 79.58 @ - - @ - 43.75-38.33 82.85 71.46 @ @ @ - @ - 38.97 81.71 65.22 45.53 80.59 64.33 44.32 51.53 40.26 35.19

Table No. 4 (a) concld. Average Daily Wage Rates in Agricultural Occupations in Rural India during August,2008 (By and Sex) Well digging Cane crushing No. 1 2 1 Andhra Pradesh 2 Assam 3 Bihar 4 Gujarat 5 Haryana 6 Himachal Pradesh 7 Jammu & Kashmir 8 Karnataka 9 Kerala 10 Madhya Pradesh 11 Maharashtra 12 Manipur 13 Meghalaya 14 Orissa 15 Punjab 16 Rajasthan 17 Tamil Nadu 18 Tripura 19 Uttar Pradesh 20 West Bengal All-India Men Women Children Men Women Children 30 31 32 33 34 35 @ - - @ @ - - - - - - - 74.43 - - @ - - @ @ - @ - - @ - - @ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 101.50 @ - 85.46 @ - 246.36 @ - - - - 63.18 50.00 - @ @ - 104.50 52.00 - - - - @ - - - - - - - - - - - 94.07 - - @ - - @ - - - - - 87.00 - - - - - 150.94 @ - 103.33 @ - - - - - - - 100.88 - - 81.82 @ @ @ - - @ - - 113.34 62.01-85.31 57.70 @ p @ = Number of quotations are less than five. * = Picking includes picking of cotton bolls/seed pods, jute stalks and tea leav

Table No. 4 (b) Average Daily Wage Rates in Non-agricultural Occupations in Rural India during August,2008 ( By and Sex) Carpenter Blacksmith Cobbler No. Men Women Children Men Women Children Men Women Children 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1 Andhra Pradesh 109.57 - - 88.50 - @ 59.10 - - 2 Assam 140.23 - - 86.50 - - 78.13 - - 3 Bihar 121.03 - - 102.29 - - 74.84 - @ 4 Gujarat 153.13 - - @ - - @ - - 5 Haryana 185.91 - - 145.71 - - 125.00 - - 6 Himachal Pradesh 206.17 - - @ - - - - - 7 Jammu & Kashmir 200.83 - - 148.13 - - - - - 8 Karnataka 119.34 - - 88.80 - - 69.39 - - 9 Kerala 253.42 - - 243.33 - - @ - - 10 Madhya Pradesh 100.22 - - 83.77 - - 62.57 - - 11 Maharashtra 122.84 - - 101.25 - - 84.57 - - 12 Manipur 122.22 - - 86.25 - - 73.89 - - 13 Meghalaya 145.00 - - 106.67 - - 83.75 - - 14 Orissa 132.53 - - 95.00 - - 108.00 - - 15 Punjab 197.39 - - 187.60 - - - - - 16 Rajasthan 184.12 - - 110.00 - - - - - 17 Tamil Nadu 161.74 - - 131.58 - - 74.26 - - 18 Tripura 120.00 - - 80.00 - - 80.00 - - 19 Uttar Pradesh 142.87 - @ 122.71 - @ 81.47 - - 20 West Bengal 115.78 - - 75.74 - - 64.30 - - All-India 137.91 - @ 102.35 - @ 74.58 - @

Table No. 4 (b) concld. Average Daily Wage Rates in Non- agricultural Occupations in Rural India during August,2008 (By and Sex) Mason Tractor driver No. Men Women Children Men Women Children 1 2 12 13 14 15 16 17 1 Andhra Pradesh 150.14 - - 95.72 - - 2 Assam 144.48 - - @ - - 3 Bihar 139.74 - - 90.59 - - 4 Gujarat 178.25 - - 125.00 - - 5 Haryana 230.00 - - 162.00 - - 6 Himachal Pradesh 197.83 - - @ - - 7 Jammu & Kashmir 197.35 - - - - - 8 Karnataka 135.10 - - 111.95 - - 9 Kerala 255.56 - - @ - - 10 Madhya Pradesh 122.54 - - 87.00 - - 11 Maharashtra 143.63 - - 98.75 - - 12 Manipur 143.89 - - 126.25 - - 13 Meghalaya 130.00 - - - - - 14 Orissa 138.13 - - 116.93 - - 15 Punjab 197.52 - - 120.56 - - 16 Rajasthan 196.25 - - 127.31 - - 17 Tamil Nadu 184.03 - - 127.92 - - 18 Tripura 120.00 - - 120.00 - - 19 Uttar Pradesh 150.60 - - 104.57 - - 20 West Bengal 119.86 - - 133.66 - - All-India 153.59 - - 108.45 - -

Table No. 4 (b) concld. Average Daily Wage Rates in Non- agricultural Occupations in Rural India during August,2008 (By and Sex) Sweeper Unskilled labourers No. 1 2 1 Andhra Pradesh 2 Assam 3 Bihar 4 Gujarat 5 Haryana 6 Himachal Pradesh 7 Jammu & Kashmir 8 Karnataka 9 Kerala 10 Madhya Pradesh 11 Maharashtra 12 Manipur 13 Meghalaya 14 Orissa 15 Punjab 16 Rajasthan 17 Tamil Nadu 18 Tripura 19 Uttar Pradesh 20 West Bengal All-India Men Women Children Men Women Children 18 19 20 21 22 23 @ @ - 83.72 60.07 50.82 - - - 82.81 61.11 49.29 53.60 - @ 68.03 62.19 54.42 @ @ - 68.74 67.19-110.00 @ - 123.33 118.50 - - - - 134.67 @ - - - - 124.76 - - 52.22 40.00-62.44 46.26 37.22 - @ - 193.82 143.64-59.75 56.33-48.61 41.18 28.25 56.40 @ - 64.53 40.92 30.83 - @ - 66.11 58.89 - - - - 82.22 55.71 @ @ @ - 65.77 55.27 32.50 @ @ - 118.47 @ - @ @ - 105.50 96.25 @ @ @ - 105.39 76.08 @ - - - 90.00 @ - @ 76.82 @ 81.15 66.45 49.50 - - - 69.62 61.74 42.31 62.43 60.33 @ 81.53 61.83 40.09 - = Not reported @ = Number of quotations are less than five.

Table No. 5 (a) Average Daily Wage Rates in Agricultural Occupations in Rural India during September,2008 ( By and Sex) Ploughing Sowing Weeding No. Men Women Children Men Women Children Men Women Children 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1 Andhra Pradesh 107.55 - - 86.77 67.26 @ 86.24 65.62 64.52 2 Assam 84.62 - - 85.65 76.71 @ 81.00 73.73 @ 3 Bihar 81.89 - - 72.32 65.26 @ 61.14 54.52 @ 4 Gujarat 96.79 - - 85.89 65.33-71.67 71.73-5 Haryana 129.29 - - 126.25 @ - 125.00 113.33-6 Himachal Pradesh 189.00 - - 153.33 @ - @ @ - 7 Jammu & Kashmir 130.00 - - 130.00 - - 127.50 - - 8 Karnataka 83.68 @ - 72.40 48.12 @ 65.99 48.53 @ 9 Kerala 284.17 - - 232.94 @ - @ 131.68-10 Madhya Pradesh 70.72 - @ 62.34 50.56-57.50 50.28 @ 11 Maharashtra 94.23 @ - 83.80 46.46-70.23 46.43 44.00 12 Manipur 107.78 - - 75.00 @ - 75.00 68.33-13 Meghalaya 91.25 @ - 82.50 58.75 @ 84.44 60.00 @ 14 Orissa 68.49 - - 65.09 @ - 70.22 64.46-15 Punjab @ - - @ - - 108.43 @ - 16 Rajasthan 115.56 - - 97.14 @ - 110.00 90.00 @ 17 Tamil Nadu 143.13 - - 99.58 63.92-88.86 60.84 @ 18 Tripura 90.00 - - 90.00 - - 90.00 - - 19 Uttar Pradesh 82.95 - - 80.41 61.29-79.00 69.38 @ 20 West Bengal 113.86 - - 77.90 69.17 @ 79.12 69.80 @ All-India 99.35 50.71 @ 86.32 61.99 51.56 76.66 64.67 50.20

Table No. 5 (a) contd. Average Daily Wage Rates in Agricultural Occupations in Rural India during September,2008 (By and Sex) Transplanting Harvesting Winnowing No. Men Women Children Men Women Children Men Women Children 1 2 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 1 Andhra Pradesh 84.07 70.22 @ 89.75 76.43 @ @ @ - 2 Assam 83.05 70.61 @ 82.19 70.78 - @ @ - 3 Bihar 67.34 61.03 50.00 66.48 62.61 48.64 61.27 58.06 @ 4 Gujarat 63.00 62.00-69.36 67.55-71.23 71.00-5 Haryana 129.38 123.00-130.35 127.89-125.83 - - 6 Himachal Pradesh - - - 144.33 @ - - - - 7 Jammu & Kashmir 124.29 - - 150.63 - - 115.00 - - 8 Karnataka 66.87 54.03 @ 73.48 55.01 @ 68.23 50.18-9 Kerala @ 122.38-142.00 124.00 - - @ - 10 Madhya Pradesh 57.75 53.15-58.75 49.47 - @ @ - 11 Maharashtra 73.55 50.31 @ 77.62 48.91 - @ 49.17-12 Manipur 75.00 67.78-75.56 67.78-74.38 66.25-13 Meghalaya @ 58.00 - @ @ - @ @ - 14 Orissa 67.44 50.00 @ 65.21 @ - @ @ - 15 Punjab 123.00 - - 110.80 - - @ - - 16 Rajasthan - - - 86.11 78.33 @ - - - 17 Tamil Nadu 97.65 60.17 @ 93.77 64.96 @ 82.17 57.87-18 Tripura 90.00 - - 90.00 - - 90.00 - - 19 Uttar Pradesh 76.82 69.41 @ 76.79 66.65 @ 74.80 @ - 20 West Bengal 79.62 68.59 @ 78.81 70.60 @ 77.08 65.49 @ All-India 78.54 66.54 51.18 85.26 68.70 48.34 77.98 61.21 @

Table No. 5 (a) contd. Average Daily Wage Rates in Agricultural Occupations in Rural India during September,2008 (By and Sex) No. Threshing Picking* Herdsman Men Women Children Men Women Children Men Women Children 1 2 1 Andhra Pradesh 2 Assam 3 Bihar 4 Gujarat 5 Haryana 6 Himachal Pradesh 7 Jammu & Kashmir 8 Karnataka 9 Kerala 10 Madhya Pradesh 11 Maharashtra 12 Manipur 13 Meghalaya 14 Orissa 15 Punjab 16 Rajasthan 17 Tamil Nadu 18 Tripura 19 Uttar Pradesh 20 West Bengal All-India 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 101.02 @ - - 59.14 @ 53.62 @ @ @ @ - @ @ - @ - 52.20 66.48 62.67 @ @ @ - 51.70-36.73 73.83 @ - 89.29 87.86-72.78 @ - 132.86 @ - 124.00 124.00 - @ - - - - - - - - - - - 130.83 - - @ - - - - - 69.63 54.50 - @ @ @ 66.17 @ @ @ @ - - - - - - - 60.45 48.50-48.33 43.33-40.90 35.28 30.28 83.00 49.50 - @ @ @ 52.58 51.67 36.36 - - - - - - 71.43 - - @ @ - @ @ - @ - - @ - - @ @ @ 46.38 25.63 @ @ - - @ @ - - - - @ @ - @ @ @ 75.71 @ @ 75.57 53.62 - @ @ - @ - - - - - - - - - - - 80.77 @ - - @ - 43.75-36.00 81.41 69.48 @ @ @ - @ - 38.97 84.26 65.20 45.53 84.44 66.63 46.28 51.98 39.93 35.22

Table No. 5 (a) concld. Average Daily Wage Rates in Agricultural Occupations in Rural India during September,2008 (By and Sex) Well digging Cane crushing No. Men Women Children Men Women Children 1 2 30 31 32 33 34 35 1 Andhra Pradesh @ - - @ @ - 2 Assam - - - - - - 3 Bihar 73.00 @ - @ - - 4 Gujarat @ @ - @ - - 5 Haryana @ - - @ - - 6 Himachal Pradesh - - - - - - 7 Jammu & Kashmir - - - - - - 8 Karnataka 101.50 @ - 85.46 @ - 9 Kerala 246.36 @ - - - - 10 Madhya Pradesh 62.86 48.46 - @ @ - 11 Maharashtra 107.00 52.00 - - - - 12 Manipur @ - - - - - 13 Meghalaya - - - - - - 14 Orissa 104.44 - - @ - - 15 Punjab @ - - - - - 16 Rajasthan 87.00 - - - - - 17 Tamil Nadu 150.94 @ - 103.33 @ - 18 Tripura - - - - - - 19 Uttar Pradesh 101.37 - - 78.50 @ @ 20 West Bengal @ - - @ - - All-India 115.22 62.22-85.86 57.70 @ - = Not reported @ = Number of quotations are less than five. * = Picking includes picking of cotton bolls/seed pods, jute stalks and tea leaves etc.

Table No. 5 (b) Average Daily Wage Rates in Non-agricultural Occupations in Rural India during September,2008 ( By and Sex) Carpenter Blacksmith Cobbler No. Men Women Children Men Women Children Men Women Children 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1 Andhra Pradesh 112.02 - - 89.90 - @ 59.77 - - 2 Assam 142.88 - - 85.00 - - 80.63 - - 3 Bihar 121.54 - - 105.00 - - 75.81 - @ 4 Gujarat 153.50 - - @ - - @ - - 5 Haryana 189.09 - - 149.29 - - 133.33 - - 6 Himachal Pradesh 206.17 - - @ - - - - - 7 Jammu & Kashmir 200.83 - - 145.63 - - - - - 8 Karnataka 121.16 - - 91.76 - - 69.39 - - 9 Kerala 253.95 - - 243.33 - - @ - - 10 Madhya Pradesh 100.22 - - 83.47 - - 62.03 - - 11 Maharashtra 122.63 - - 101.25 - - 85.71 - - 12 Manipur 122.22 - - 86.25 - - 73.89 - - 13 Meghalaya 145.00 - - 106.67 - - 85.00 - - 14 Orissa 132.21 - - 95.00 - - 108.00 - - 15 Punjab 199.39 - - 187.60 - - - - - 16 Rajasthan 185.88 - - 110.00 - - - - - 17 Tamil Nadu 165.63 - - 133.61 - - @ - - 18 Tripura 120.00 - - 80.00 - - 80.00 - - 19 Uttar Pradesh 145.45 - @ 125.14 - @ 82.50 - - 20 West Bengal 116.33 - - 76.05 - - 64.66 - - All-India 139.07 - @ 103.36 - @ 75.52 - @

Table No. 5 (b) contd. Average Daily Wage Rates in Non- agricultural Occupations in Rural India during September,2008 (By and Sex) Mason Tractor driver No. Men Women Children Men Women Children 1 2 12 13 14 15 16 17 1 Andhra Pradesh 152.89 - - 101.20 - - 2 Assam 146.30 - - @ - - 3 Bihar 140.53 - - 92.65 - - 4 Gujarat 178.68 - - 129.58 - - 5 Haryana 235.00 - - 164.50 - - 6 Himachal Pradesh 197.83 - - @ - - 7 Jammu & Kashmir 198.53 - - - - - 8 Karnataka 138.63 - - 111.95 - - 9 Kerala 255.56 - - @ - - 10 Madhya Pradesh 122.84 - - 87.33 - - 11 Maharashtra 147.60 - - 100.25 - - 12 Manipur 143.89 - - 128.75 - - 13 Meghalaya 124.44 - - - - - 14 Orissa 138.13 - - 116.12 - - 15 Punjab 200.85 - - 120.56 - - 16 Rajasthan 197.75 - - 127.31 - - 17 Tamil Nadu 187.71 - - 137.01 - - 18 Tripura 120.00 - - 120.00 - - 19 Uttar Pradesh 154.30 - - 102.32 - - 20 West Bengal 119.83 - - 133.66 - - All-India 155.37 - - 109.60 - -

Table No. 5 (b) concld. Average Daily Wage Rates in Non- agricultural Occupations in Rural India during Septembe,2008 (By and Sex) Sweeper Unskilled labourers No. Men Women Children Men Women Children 1 2 18 19 20 21 22 23 1 Andhra Pradesh @ @ - 87.38 62.43 52.79 2 Assam - - - 83.80 62.22 49.29 3 Bihar 53.60 - @ 68.54 62.27 53.91 4 Gujarat @ @ - 68.57 66.95-5 Haryana 120.00 @ - 128.33 124.50-6 Himachal Pradesh - - - 131.89 137.00-7 Jammu & Kashmir - - - 127.14 - - 8 Karnataka 52.22 40.00-64.59 47.03 37.22 9 Kerala - @ - 193.82 143.64-10 Madhya Pradesh 59.75 55.91-49.04 41.63 28.72 11 Maharashtra 67.00 @ - 65.85 41.73 31.25 12 Manipur - @ - 66.11 58.89-13 Meghalaya - - - 82.22 55.71 @ 14 Orissa @ @ - 66.48 55.55 35.00 15 Punjab @ @ - 120.81 @ - 16 Rajasthan @ @ - 107.00 97.75 @ 17 Tamil Nadu @ @ - 106.77 76.92 @ 18 Tripura - - - 90.00 @ - 19 Uttar Pradesh @ 76.82 @ 83.58 67.50 49.64 20 West Bengal - - - 69.46 61.55 42.31 All-India 64.22 59.50 @ 82.84 62.83 40.19 - = Not reported @ = Number of quotations are less than five.

Table No. 6 (a) Average Daily Wage Rates in Agricultural Occupations in Rural India during October,2008 ( By and Sex) Ploughing Sowing Weeding No. Men Women Children Men Women Children Men Women Children 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1 Andhra Pradesh 109.79 - - 96.71 71.73 @ 92.95 68.47 63.83 2 Assam 84.62 - - 85.63 76.71 @ 79.71 73.73 @ 3 Bihar 81.89 @ - 70.93 63.80 @ 63.57 57.47 @ 4 Gujarat 97.14 - - 88.97 65.33-72.96 72.69-5 Haryana 129.29 - - 130.00 @ - 128.50 120.00-6 Himachal Pradesh 189.00 - - 153.33 @ - @ @ - 7 Jammu & Kashmir 130.56 - - 130.00 - - 123.00 - - 8 Karnataka 83.64 @ - 73.61 49.31 @ 64.07 47.41 @ 9 Kerala 284.17 - - 237.30 @ - @ 133.35-10 Madhya Pradesh 71.20 - - 63.85 50.19-56.22 48.96 @ 11 Maharashtra 92.43 - @ 83.65 47.73-67.38 45.61 44.00 12 Manipur 107.78 - - 75.00 @ - 75.00 68.33-13 Meghalaya 88.57 @ - 82.50 58.75 @ 86.25 60.00 @ 14 Orissa 70.15 - - 66.14 @ - 65.22 50.00-15 Punjab @ - - @ - - 112.71 @ - 16 Rajasthan 118.33 - - 100.00 @ - @ @ @ 17 Tamil Nadu 143.13 - - 102.92 67.62-88.86 62.53 @ 18 Tripura 107.78 - - 107.78 - - 107.78 - - 19 Uttar Pradesh 84.26 @ - 83.42 63.12-80.45 70.44 @ 20 West Bengal 113.67 @ - 77.18 68.93 @ 79.70 70.17 @ All-India 99.89 54.96 @ 88.10 63.32 50.55 77.88 65.88 51.26

Table No. 6 (a) contd. Average Daily Wage Rates in Agricultural Occupations in Rural India during October,2008 (By and Sex) Transplanting Harvesting Winnowing No. Men Women Children Men Women Children Men Women Children 1 2 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 1 Andhra Pradesh 95.88 74.45 @ 92.51 77.06 @ @ @ - 2 Assam 83.74 70.66 @ 81.47 70.78 - @ @ - 3 Bihar 65.66 60.00 50.00 68.66 63.49 48.64 61.27 58.06 @ 4 Gujarat 64.00 62.00-70.27 68.55-71.23 71.00-5 Haryana 129.38 127.50-134.31 132.42-125.83 - - 6 Himachal Pradesh - - - 142.29 @ - - - - 7 Jammu & Kashmir 124.29 - - 147.14 - - 115.00 - - 8 Karnataka 66.87 54.48 @ 74.50 55.59 @ 68.23 50.18-9 Kerala @ 128.74-152.00 132.90 - - @ - 10 Madhya Pradesh 60.00 55.71-63.59 56.56 41.00 55.33 43.75 @ 11 Maharashtra 73.22 50.00-80.32 54.39 @ @ 48.00 @ 12 Manipur 75.00 67.78-75.56 67.78-74.38 66.25-13 Meghalaya @ @ - @ @ - @ @ - 14 Orissa 67.04 50.00 @ 68.25 56.24 - @ @ - 15 Punjab 123.00 - - 120.67 - - @ - - 16 Rajasthan - - - 93.33 88.33 @ - - - 17 Tamil Nadu 100.15 63.08 @ 95.88 66.46 @ 83.18 58.67-18 Tripura 107.78 - - 107.78 - - 107.78 - - 19 Uttar Pradesh 77.27 70.31 @ 81.56 74.10 @ 77.92 74.00-20 West Bengal 80.18 68.60 51.53 78.81 70.43 @ 77.08 65.49 @ All-India 80.98 68.93 52.17 84.63 69.49 49.35 78.01 60.52 40.53