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The two
villages
LABOUR
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NNmvember
19,
ECONOMICAND POLITICALWEKLY
leaders., The Dhanbtd MP, A K Roy,
mentioned in the Lok Sabha that "no
less than 5,000 tribal workers were
removed from the rolls, showing them
as resigned or showing that they have
voluntarily abandoned their jobs". A
statement of category-wise selections/
recruitment of workers between 1-1-82
and 1-7-82 shows that out of 33 jobs
candidates could be
vacant, SC/ST
found fit for three jobs only and then
too out of 91, 98. 180 candidates
selected, their number was 1, 3 and
6. No SC/ST was found fit to work
even as a mttzdoor. Womnenworkers
are being open y discriminated against
because of their sex. Area-wise detailed break-up rate since 1980 is
not possible in an article, but the
following figures will show how
systematically women are being eliminated:
Year
Women
1973
1977
1978
1979
1981
30,000
19,754
18,084
16,764
12,000
19
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