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Nimble Fingers on Beedis: Problems of Girl Child Labour in Sambalpur and Jharsuguda

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  • Dharmendra Kumar Mishra

    (Dharmendra Kumar Mishra is Education Officer at the Central Board for Workers Education, Ministry of Labour & Employment, Government of India, Rourkela, Odisha, India. E-mail: dharmendra_mishra75@rediffmail.com)

Abstract

There is a huge demand for beedis in the domestic market, but hardly any in the export market. The making of beedis is a labour-intensive job which draws growing numbers every day. Home-based workers, mostly girls and women, are the foundation on which this industry stands. Sambalpur and Jharsuguda are two districts where the concentration of beedi workers is greater than other districts of Odisha. Young girls, with their soft and nimble fingers make beedis faster than adults, for which parents entrust this dangerous job to them. This is the main reason why employment of girls in the beedi-making sector is increasing in an uncontrolled manner, at the cost of their schooling and health.

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  • Dharmendra Kumar Mishra, 2014. "Nimble Fingers on Beedis: Problems of Girl Child Labour in Sambalpur and Jharsuguda," Indian Journal of Gender Studies, Centre for Women's Development Studies, vol. 21(1), pages 135-144, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:indgen:v:21:y:2014:i:1:p:135-144
    DOI: 10.1177/0971521513511203
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    1. B. P. Lingaraj, 1980. "Production and Inventory Planning in the Beedi Industry," Interfaces, INFORMS, vol. 10(6), pages 97-102, December.
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