OCCUPATIONAL WAGE SURVEY SIXTH ROUND 2008
REPORT ON TEXTILE INDUSTRY
TABLE 3.7
TREND IN AVERAGE DAILY WAGE RATES AND REAL WAGE RATES OF WORKERS IN INDUSTRIES AT FIRST ROUND REFERENCE YEAR PRICE
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Sl. Industry/ Average Daily Wage Rates (Rs.) of Workers Real Percentage$
No. OWS Round Number/ ----------------------------------------------------- Wage Change in
Reference Year By Sexage Groups By System of Overall Rate ------------------
------------------------------ Wage payment (Rs.) Wage Real
Men Women Adole- Child. ------------- Rate at Wage
scents Time Piece Current Rate
Rated Rated Price
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
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I. Cotton Textiles
First Round(1958) - - - - - - 3.87 3.87 - -
Second Round(1963) 5.97 4.71 - - - - 5.91 4.38 52.78 13.32
Third Round(1975) 16.63 15.07 6.75 - 16.34 16.89 16.55 4.74 180.27 9.32
Fourth Round(1987) 38.44 28.36 - - 37.75 38.68 38.01 4.86 129.67 3.10
Fifth Round(1994) 72.60 70.12 - - 71.97 74.05 72.43 4.86 90.54 -
Sixth Round(2006) 130.41 72.57 - - 119.66 110.80 119.24 3.91 64.64 -24.58
II. Woollen Textiles
First Round(1958) - - - - - - 3.48 3.48 - -
Second Round(1963) 5.50 4.52 - 0.85 - - 5.43 4.03 55.89 15.80
Third Round(1975) 11.94 12.55 - 0.96 11.28 13.35 11.96 3.43 120.37 -17.24
Fourth Round(1986) 31.00 33.55 - - 30.27 34.77 31.14 4.33 160.48 25.87
Fifth Round(1994) 66.48 52.32 - - 65.41 70.55 66.03 4.43 112.04 2.87
Sixth Round(2006) 136.64 107.93 - - 136.52 101.11 136.24 4.47 106.33 1.15
III. Silk Textiles
First Round(1958) - - - - - - 3.88 3.88 - -
Second Round(1963) 4.89 2.23 - 0.83 - - 4.69 3.48 20.88 -10.31
Third Round(1975) 12.58 5.57 2.47 1.33 10.99 14.76 12.29 3.52 161.94 1.03
Fourth Round(1987) 32.48 25.21 - - 31.74 22.41 30.22 3.87 145.99 9.02
Fifth Round(1994) 66.47 42.70 - - 61.82 57.05 60.32 4.05 99.59 4.64
Sixth Round(2006) 132.05 85.66 - - 134.03 109.70 130.56 4.28 116.46 5.93
IV. Synthetic Textiles
Fourth Round(1987) 37.32 37.70 - - 36.41 39.62 37.33 37.33 - -
Fifth Round(1994) 59.12 39.11 - - 57.02 66.97 58.61 30.74 57.03 -17.64
Sixth Round(2006) 147.13 76.30 - - 143.47 181.59 144.70 37.09 146.89 17.01
V. Jute Textiles
First Round(1958) - - - - - - 3.31 3.31 - -
Second Round(1963) 3.82 3.63 - - - - 3.82 2.83 15.26 -14.50
Third Round(1975) 14.59 14.50 - - 14.14 15.15 14.59 4.18 282.44 40.78
Fourth Round(1986) 40.11 39.78 - - 39.69 40.70 40.10 5.58 174.85 42.30
Fifth Round(1994) 84.97 78.49 - - 83.47 86.73 84.80 5.69 111.47 3.32
Sixth Round(2006) 200.92 121.52 - - 167.45 209.46 200.16 6.56 136.04 26.29
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Note: Average daily wage rates up to fifth round correspond to mean of the average daily minimum and maximum wage rates.
$: Percentage increase has been measured with respect to that in the previous round.
*: Indicates non-availability of the wage data.