OCCUPATIONAL WAGE SURVEY SIXTH ROUND 2008

REPORT ON TEXTILE  INDUSTRY 

TABLE 4.13

TREND IN AVERAGE DAILY REAL EARNINGS OF WORKERS IN

INDUSTRIES AT FIRST ROUND REFERENCE YEAR PRICE

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Sl.   Industry/                   Average Daily Earnings (Rs.) of Workers                Real      Percentage$

       No.   OWS Round Number/    -----------------------------------------------------   Earnings  Change in

      Reference Year              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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I.       Cotton Textiles

      First Round(1958)     4.03    2.86     -      0.72    3.71    4.24    3.94     3.94      -        - 

      Second Round(1963)    6.06    4.76     -       -      4.56    5.69    5.69     4.22    44.42     7.11

      Third Round(1975)    14.58   11.63    4.22     -     14.43   15.53   11.99     3.44   110.72   -19.80

      Fourth Round(1987)   42.78   29.74     -       -     41.41   44.26   42.22     5.40   252.13    49.75

      Fifth Round(1994)    78.12   73.24     -       -     77.37   79.02   77.77     5.22    84.20    -4.57

      Sixth Round(2006)   131.52   76.41     -       -    121.50  108.58  120.88     3.96    55.43   -31.98

II.     Woollen Textiles 

      First Round(1958)     3.59    1.55     -      0.87    3.15    4.43    3.47     3.47      -        - 

      Second Round(1963)    4.89    4.37     -      0.69    4.54    5.64    4.84     3.59    39.48     3.46

      Third Round(1975)    13.76    8.22     -      0.82   12.09   14.86   10.04     2.88   107.44   -20.46

      Fourth Round(1986)   35.83   35.96     -       -     34.06   43.25   35.84     4.99   256.97    60.80

      Fifth Round(1994)    69.31   59.24     -       -     69.05   68.29   68.96     4.63    92.41   -10.37

      Sixth Round(2006)   176.83  113.16     -       -    176.57   97.57  175.93     5.77   155.12    32.85

III.  Silk Textiles   

      First Round(1958)     4.09    1.68     -      0.78    2.83    4.91    3.89     3.89      -        - 

      Second Round(1963)    4.84    2.38     -      0.66    3.88    5.44    4.67     3.46    20.05   -11.05

      Third Round(1975)    10.42    7.10    2.84    1.33    9.97   12.54    9.61     2.75   105.78   -18.26

      Fourth Round(1987)   30.63   25.15     -       -     30.13   22.76   28.93     3.70   201.04    24.43

      Fifth Round(1994)    63.98   39.56     -       -     57.06   58.73   57.58     3.86    99.03     4.11

      Sixth Round(2006)   136.29   86.85     -       -    138.76  110.36  134.70     4.42   133.94    14.39

iv.     Synthetic Textiles 

      Fourth Round(1987)   40.63   42.28     -       -     39.58   43.43   40.67    40.67      -        - 

      Fifth Round(1994)    62.38   40.86     -       -     60.98   65.63   61.72    32.37    51.76   -20.41

      Sixth Round(2006)   140.90   87.50     -       -    137.72  179.44  139.06    35.64   125.31     8.04

V.    Jute Textiles  

      First Round(1958)     3.29    2.84     -       -      3.03    3.56    3.27     3.27      -        - 

      Second Round(1963)    3.79    3.61     -       -      3.47    4.05    3.78     2.80    15.60   -14.37

      Third Round(1975)    14.66   15.59     -       -     14.61   16.21   14.69     4.21   288.62    43.12

      Fourth Round(1986)   42.22   42.00     -       -     42.93   41.16   42.21     5.87   187.34    50.76

      Fifth Round(1994)    89.73   85.99     -       -     91.48   86.97   89.63     6.01   112.34     4.28

      Sixth Round(2006)   216.18  125.76     -       -    180.19  225.30  215.31     7.06   140.22    32.11

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$: Percentage increase has been measured with respect to that in the previous round.