OCCUPATIONAL WAGE SURVEY SIXTH ROUND 2008
REPORT ON TEXTILE GARMENTS INDUSTRY
TABLE 4.13
TREND IN AVERAGE DAILY REAL EARNINGS OF WORKERS IN TEXTILE GARMENTS INDUSTRY
AT FIRST ROUND REFERENCE YEAR PRICE
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Sl. OWS Round Number/ Average Daily Earnings (Rs.) of Workers Real Percentage$
No. Reference Year ------------------------------------------- Earnings Change in
By Sexage Groups By System of Overall (Rs.) ------------------
------------------------------ Wage payment Earnings Real
Men Women Adole- Child. ------------- at Earnings
scents Time Piece Current
Rated Rated Price
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
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Textile Garments Industries
First Round(1958) 3.23 1.69 - 1.20 2.88 2.56 2.67 2.67 - -
Second Round(1963) 4.60 1.60 - - 4.34 2.93 4.25 3.15 59.18 17.98
Third Round(1976) 11.27 7.12 2.38 - 9.95 11.45 10.29 3.20 142.12 1.87
Fourth Round(1987) 34.01 18.61 - - 22.24 42.13 25.85 3.31 151.21 4.12
Fifth Round(1994) 60.60 37.83 - - 45.09 83.58 48.14 3.23 86.23 -3.00
Sixth Round(2007) 151.10 113.63 - - 126.81 231.66 128.90 3.96 167.76 27.34
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$: Percentage increase has been measured with respect to that in the previous round.