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Agricultural Wages

This Scheme aimed for collection of daily wages paid to different categories of Agricultural Labourers in Tamil Nadu.

The objective of the Scheme is to estimate the average rates of daily wages paid to different categories of Agricultural Labourers and to build up indices of the wages with 1993-94 as base year.

The data on Agricultural Wages paid to different categories of Agricultural Labourers are collected at the rate of one Village per block in all the Districts (except Chennai district and Valparai Block in Coimbatore District). Accordingly 385 villages were selected for the year 2006-07.

Plantation Labour Statistics

The objective of the Scheme is to collect and compile data on employment, average daily attendance, aggregate number of manhours worked by various categories of labourers in Tea, Coffee and Rubber Plantations in Tamil Naudu for each quarter. This coverage extends to plantations registered under Plantation Labour Act, 1951.

The data also indicate the conditions of labour in plantations along with the trend on the employment and earnings of plantation workers.