Research Student, Department of Economics, School of Social Science, Solapur University, Solapur, India
Online published on 30 March, 2016.
The focus of this paper is to examine the socio-economic conditions of female bidi workers working in the different bidi brand in city area of Solapur. For this present study total 400 female bidi workers selected for the analysis by using random sample technique. The study emphasizes the issues covering monthly income of the respondents, saving and loan pattern of the workers, indebtedness, organizational support for financial assistance and Possession of Ration Cards, Educational background, Health facilities, housing conditions and infrastructure facilities like road, drinking water facilities, drainage system, numbers of bidis rolling in per day, number of hours they spend to rolling bidi in per day, which category of castes majority in bidi worker, Health hazards etc.
