Why is cheap labor required for the cultivation of tea and rubber?
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Tea and rubber are labour intensive crops and requires abundant supply of cheap and skilled labour, especially at the time of plucking the tea leaves. This is a tedious process which requires skilled manipulation of fingers for plucking two leaves and a bud at a time.
For this purpose, women labourers are employed in large numbers. Currently, tea industry provides employment to one million workers. Through its forward and backward linkages another 10 million people derive their livelihood from tea. It is one of the largest employers of women among organised industries of India. Women constitute over 50 per cent of the total workforce.
For this purpose, women labourers are employed in large numbers. Currently, tea industry provides employment to one million workers. Through its forward and backward linkages another 10 million people derive their livelihood from tea. It is one of the largest employers of women among organised industries of India. Women constitute over 50 per cent of the total workforce.
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Why is cheap labor required for the cultivation of tea and rubber?
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- As the tea and the rubber are the labor-intensive type of the plantations and they being the plantation crops need a high volume of the water and time to develop and as they are used on a large scale they require a heavy amount of labor force.
- They are a large capital investment and hence need the cheap and scientific methods of the cultivation and some of the large estate of plantains lands and a technical support and is a single cropping an effective system of the transport. Thus cheap and easily accessible labor is needed.
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