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.