Socio-economic conditions of women workers in match industry: An examinations

As we know In India, women-workers comprises about one-fifth of the total work force on the whole economic activity. Match Industry plays a very important role in getting employment avenues to the poor women. The industry produces match box, both for domestic consumption and for export purposes. Women workers have all along been an integral part of the labour force, engaged in the Match Industry in India. A majority of the Match Industry labourers are women workers, as they comprise a significant portion of the cheap labour force. Out of these, very few are employed in organised sector. In spite of the mandatory legislative protective provision, the extent of their exploitation exists not only in the unorganized sector but in the organized sector also. The present study has analyzed the socio-economic condition of women workers and to study the facilities proved to the workers by the match industry in the Two major districtcs of Karnataka