WAGE RATES IN RURAL INDIA (2006-07) 

Table No. 14(a)

Average Daily Wage Rates in  Agricultural Occupations in Rural India during

June,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 85.34 @ - 77.55 46.21 @ @ 46.80 -
2 Assam 82.81 - - 80.58 75.93 @ 78.40 70.22 @
3 Bihar 70.66 - - 63.09 54.43 @ 49.45 46.22 @
4 Gujarat 82.17 - - 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 121.82 - - 117.50 - - 114.17 - -
8 Karnataka 66.29 @ - 59.83 40.63 @ 56.30 40.34 26.43
9 Kerala 259.09 - - 202.78 @ - @ 110.22 -
10 Madhya Pradesh 58.79 @ @ 50.48 40.23 @ 45.00 40.42 -
11 Maharashtra 74.92 @ - 72.19 45.00 - 64.95 41.58 @
12 Manipur 70.00 - - 60.00 @ - 60.00 55.00 -
13 Meghalaya 85.00 @ @ 80.00 60.00 @ 83.33 58.33 @
14 Orissa 60.19 - - 57.86 @ - @ - -
15 Punjab 123.80 - - 101.00 - - 104.29 - -
16 Rajasthan 93.57 - - 91.67 @ - 74.00 66.00 @
17 Tamil Nadu 130.76 - - 88.06 51.46 - @ 47.34 @
18 Tripura 90.00 - - 90.00 - - 90.00 - -
19 Uttar Pradesh 68.90 - - 66.74 53.15 - 65.90 57.03 @
20 West Bengal 100.52 @ @ 69.20 62.87 @ 68.63 61.53 @
  All-India 85.38 50.54 @ 75.07 53.04 40.94 67.80 55.70 39.87

Table No. 14 (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 @ 46.36 @ 67.47 57.90 @ 78.08 54.19 -
2 Assam 81.31 64.89 @ 82.80 72.00 @ @ @ -
3 Bihar 54.91 52.49 @ 57.74 53.48 37.07 55.71 50.33 -
4 Gujarat 57.50 55.45 - 64.25 60.88 - 62.69 @ -
5 Haryana 98.75 88.57 - 108.33 108.13 - 105.00 @ -
6 Himachal Pradesh @ - - 113.14 @ - - - -
7 Jammu & Kashmir 116.88 - - 113.13 - - 115.00 - -
8 Karnataka 61.94 45.95 @ 59.17 42.33 @ 56.54 44.00 -
9 Kerala @ 112.33 - 134.00 114.93 - - @ -
10 Madhya Pradesh @ @ - 52.24 46.43 - 53.75 41.00 -
11 Maharashtra 78.86 52.86 @ 74.17 48.35 @ 67.50 50.00 -
12 Manipur 60.00 55.00 - 60.56 55.56 - 58.57 53.57 -
13 Meghalaya @ @ - @ @ - @ @ -
14 Orissa 51.67 @ - 44.38 31.67 @ @ - -
15 Punjab 109.00 @ - 105.71 @ - @ - -
16 Rajasthan - - - 77.50 72.50 @ - - -
17 Tamil Nadu 83.60 46.45 @ 82.01 56.41 @ 75.17 54.58 -
18 Tripura 90.00 - - 90.00 - - 90.00 - -
19 Uttar Pradesh 64.91 52.14 @ 66.34 55.24 @ 61.38 46.57 @
20 West Bengal 71.96 63.39 @ 68.30 62.52 @ 66.55 59.98 @
  All-India 73.52 59.28 43.96 72.04 58.76 39.03 70.05 54.04 @

Table No. 14 (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 76.78 55.46 - @ 51.00 43.36 45.73 - 29.52
2 Assam @ @ - @ - - - - 49.52
3 Bihar 60.65 55.42 @ @ @ - 43.53 @ 29.69
4 Gujarat 69.17 @ - 75.50 75.50 - 52.78 @ -
5 Haryana 110.00 @ - @ @ - @ - -
6 Himachal Pradesh - - - @ @ - - - -
7 Jammu & Kashmir @ - - @ - - - - -
8 Karnataka 57.50 51.00 - @ 35.00 @ 58.57 @ @
9 Kerala @ @ - - - - - - -
10 Madhya Pradesh 59.52 41.92 @ 40.71 37.14 - 38.52 31.74 28.29
11 Maharashtra 69.73 45.23 - @ @ - 46.38 @ 28.18
12 Manipur - - - - - - 55.71 - -
13 Meghalaya @ @ - @ @ - @ - @
14 Orissa 55.71 @ - @ - - 39.64 23.57 22.60
15 Punjab @ - - - - - - - -
16 Rajasthan @ @ - @ @ @ 61.25 @ @
17 Tamil Nadu 74.88 57.81 - @ @ - @ @ -
18 Tripura - - - - - - - - -
19 Uttar Pradesh 70.38 @ - - @ - 37.50 - 30.00
20 West Bengal 69.92 65.88 @ @ @ - @ - 32.58
  All-India 71.46 59.66 40.53 70.67 55.43 38.01 45.49 36.65 30.44

Table No. 14 (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 74.55 @ - 60.00 - -
4 Gujarat 79.38 @ - @ - -
5 Haryana @ - - @ - -
6 Himachal Pradesh - - - - - -
7 Jammu & Kashmir - - - - - -
8 Karnataka 87.78 @ - 64.67 48.40 -
9 Kerala 224.62 @ - - - -
10 Madhya Pradesh 61.01 47.25 @ 58.33 @ @
11 Maharashtra 87.19 47.14 - @ @ -
12 Manipur @ - - - - -
13 Meghalaya @ - - - - -
14 Orissa 92.50 - - @ - -
15 Punjab @ - - - - -
16 Rajasthan 111.11 - - - - -
17 Tamil Nadu 136.27 @ - 103.00 @ -
18 Tripura - - - - - -
19 Uttar Pradesh 93.96 - - 70.45 @ -
20 West Bengal @ - - - - -
  All-India 100.63 54.33 @ 75.12 51.38 @

 -  =  Not reported

@  =  Number of quotations are less than five.

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