WAGE RATES IN RURAL INDIA (2006-07) 

Table No. 13(a)

Average Daily Wage Rates in  Agricultural Occupations in Rural India during

May,2007  (by States & Sex)

                                                                                                                                                                (In Rupees)

Sl. No. States Ploughing Sowing Weeding
Men Women Children Men Women Children Men Women Children
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
1 Andhra Pradesh 81.10 - - 68.33 45.29 @ @ 47.32 -
2 Assam 80.67 - - 80.06 74.57 @ 78.40 70.22 @
3 Bihar 70.66 - - 62.62 52.83 @ 49.45 46.22 @
4 Gujarat 80.64 - - 75.77 57.67 - 61.59 59.54 -
5 Haryana 100.71 - - 99.32 @ - 99.32 98.00 -
6 Himachal Pradesh 152.50 - - @ @ - @ @ -
7 Jammu & Kashmir 125.00 - - 122.50 - - 111.67 - -
8 Karnataka 65.43 @ - 58.79 39.92 @ 55.68 39.78 27.02
9 Kerala 254.24 - - 193.84 @ - @ 108.44 -
10 Madhya Pradesh 60.39 @ - 52.50 42.65 - 45.74 41.20 -
11 Maharashtra 74.80 @ - 73.57 45.00 - 62.92 41.42 @
12 Manipur 70.00 - - 60.00 @ - 60.00 55.00 -
13 Meghalaya 86.00 - - 78.57 58.57 @ 81.67 56.67 @
14 Orissa 61.04 - - 56.67 - - @ - -
15 Punjab @ - - 113.20 - - 104.29 - -
16 Rajasthan 90.71 - - @ @ - 68.00 60.00 @
17 Tamil Nadu 130.31 - - 84.45 51.00 - @ 48.67 @
18 Tripura 90.00 - - 88.89 - - 88.89 - -
19 Uttar Pradesh 69.94 @ - 66.08 54.03 - 66.50 57.64 @
20 West Bengal 104.75 - @ 67.81 61.43 @ 66.88 60.16 @
  All-India 86.12 45.00 @ 76.29 53.21 41.48 67.31 55.19 38.81

Table No. 13 (a) contd.

                                                                                                                                                                (In Rupees)

Sl. No. States Transplanting Harvesting Winnowing
Men Women Children Men Women Children Men Women Children
1 2 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
1 Andhra Pradesh @ 44.30 @ 70.38 58.61 @ 86.08 57.81 -
2 Assam 80.23 64.89 @ 84.22 72.00 @ 70.00 @ -
3 Bihar 54.91 52.87 @ 60.67 54.01 36.59 58.13 54.44 -
4 Gujarat 57.27 55.00 - 64.25 60.83 - 62.69 @ -
5 Haryana 99.29 94.17 - 105.91 105.50 - 97.00 - -
6 Himachal Pradesh @ - - 113.67 @ - - - -
7 Jammu & Kashmir 115.71 - - 113.13 - - 115.00 - -
8 Karnataka 59.74 44.55 @ 58.33 41.33 @ 55.00 42.50 @
9 Kerala @ 112.64 - 130.00 111.23 - - @ -
10 Madhya Pradesh @ @ - 51.18 44.86 - 48.13 38.08 -
11 Maharashtra 77.86 51.55 @ 69.44 46.73 @ 63.57 50.00 -
12 Manipur 60.00 55.00 - 60.56 55.56 - 57.14 52.14 -
13 Meghalaya @ @ - 90.00 58.00 - @ @ -
14 Orissa 52.00 @ - 50.77 39.52 @ @ - -
15 Punjab 100.00 @ - 113.13 @ - @ - -
16 Rajasthan - - - 79.29 73.57 @ - - -
17 Tamil Nadu 79.14 45.95 @ 81.55 56.70 @ 75.17 54.58 -
18 Tripura 88.89 - - 88.89 - - 88.89 - -
19 Uttar Pradesh 64.57 52.14 @ 66.25 54.84 @ 60.72 48.68 @
20 West Bengal 70.32 61.79 @ 68.46 63.85 @ 65.98 59.69 @
  All-India 71.61 57.69 43.23 71.09 58.02 38.75 68.30 52.81 @

Table No. 13 (a) contd.

                                                                                                                                                              (In Rupees)

Sl. No. States Threshing Picking* Herdsman
Men Women Children Men Women Children Men Women Children
1 2 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29
1 Andhra Pradesh 82.50 57.94 - 74.67 49.31 45.02 44.78 - 26.27
2 Assam 65.00 @ - @ - - - - 49.52
3 Bihar 70.10 58.54 @ @ @ @ 43.73 - 29.47
4 Gujarat 69.17 @ - 75.50 75.50 - 52.78 @ -
5 Haryana 105.00 @ - @ @ - @ - -
6 Himachal Pradesh - - - @ @ - - - -
7 Jammu & Kashmir @ - - @ - - - - -
8 Karnataka 55.00 48.00 - @ 35.00 @ 55.71 @ 34.00
9 Kerala @ @ - - - - - - -
10 Madhya Pradesh 53.53 39.81 @ 41.88 37.50 - 37.24 31.74 29.08
11 Maharashtra 66.49 42.10 - @ 39.29 - 46.38 @ 28.18
12 Manipur - - - - - - 55.71 - -
13 Meghalaya @ @ - @ @ - @ - @
14 Orissa 59.46 @ - @ - - 37.31 23.57 22.60
15 Punjab @ - - - - - - - -
16 Rajasthan @ @ - @ @ @ 61.25 @ @
17 Tamil Nadu 74.88 57.81 - @ @ - @ @ -
18 Tripura - - - - - - - - -
19 Uttar Pradesh 72.12 62.24 - - @ - 37.50 - 30.00
20 West Bengal 71.15 67.81 @ @ @ - @ - 32.77
  All-India 72.12 58.21 36.81 69.60 54.02 38.19 44.35 35.54 30.54

Table No. 13 (a) concld

                                                                                                                                                                   (In Rupees)

Sl.

No.

States Well digging Cane crushing
Men Women Children Men Women Children
1 2 30 31 32 33 34 35
1 Andhra Pradesh 87.90 - - @ @ -
2 Assam - - - - - -
3 Bihar 74.17 @ - 60.00 - -
4 Gujarat 79.38 @ - @ - -
5 Haryana @ - - @ - -
6 Himachal Pradesh - - - - - -
7 Jammu & Kashmir - - - - - -
8 Karnataka 85.56 @ - 62.44 44.40 -
9 Kerala 222.69 @ - - - -
10 Madhya Pradesh 60.10 46.67 @ 58.33 @ @
11 Maharashtra 85.94 46.43 - @ @ -
12 Manipur @ - - - - -
13 Meghalaya @ - - - - -
14 Orissa 92.50 - - @ - -
15 Punjab @ - - - - -
16 Rajasthan 107.22 - - - - -
17 Tamil Nadu 133.92 @ - 103.00 @ -
18 Tripura - - - - - -
19 Uttar Pradesh 91.04 - - 73.67 @ -
20 West Bengal @ - - - - -
  All-India 100.23 53.37 @ 76.27 48.65 @

 -  =  Not reported

@  =  Number of quotations are less than five.

 * = Picking includes picking of cotton bolls/seed pods , jute stalks and tea leaves etc.