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    STATUS OF WOMEN TEA PLANTATION WORKERS IN JORHAT DISTRICT OF ASSAM
    (2019-07) Jumi, Toko; Borah, Sayanika
    The present study entitled as “Status of Women Tea Plantation Workers in Jorhat District of Assam” was conducted in Jorhat district of Assam. Four (4) tea gardens under public corporation from Jorhat sub-division were selected using purposive sampling method. A total of 100 women tea plantation workers were selected randomly using a simple random sampling method. The personal interview method was applied for the collection of primary data. Data were analysed using percentage, mean, standard deviation and ranking. It has been observed that the majority of respondents (45.00%) were under the age group young category i.e. 18-30 years. Majority of respondents (77.00%) were married. More than half of the respondents (52.00%) were illiterate. Cent per cent of the respondents was under Minority and Other Backward Class (MOBC). The data also revealed that the majority of respondents were from the nuclear family (77.00%) and 55 per cent of respondents belonged from a small family (till 4 members). Majority of the respondents lived in Katcha house (88.00%). The pipeline was the source of water for 66 per cent of respondents. 46 per cent of respondents had a low-cost latrine. Daily wage labourer was the occupation of respondent's head of the family for 81 per cent of the respondents. 50 per cent of the respondents earned between (Rs. 4492- Rs. 5012) monthly. A large percentage of the respondents had no subsidiary source of income (96.00%). 51 per cent of the respondents had no membership in any organisation. In material possession, a very high percentage of the respondents possessed traditional Chulha (99.00%), 36 per cent of respondents possessed two-wheeler and in livestock, 52 per cent the respondents possessed hen. It was highlighted that 71 per cent of the respondents had a medium level of mass media exposure. More than half of the respondents had a medium level of conservatism- liberalism (63.00%). It is revealed from the findings that the majority of the respondents made a joint decision with their husbands in taking the final decision in various activities. Independent decision was also seen among the respondents which were highest in areas of maintenance of the house (84.00%), selection and preparation of food (73.00%), voting in the election (66.00%), taking part in social events (44.00%), and recreational activities (40.00%). The data revealed that the majority (51.00%) of the respondents were most interested in poultry farming followed by goat rearing (14.00%). The data also highlighted that in an average respondents spent 7.94 hours in working at tea garden in a day followed by 7.88 hours in sleep, 2.08 hours in kitchen, 0.95 hours in watching TV, listening radio etc, 0.91 hours in personal care, 0.815 hours in care for children and family, 0.69 hours in cleaning, 0.29 in fetching water and cleaning, 0.28 hours in religious activities, 0.25 hours in collection of firewood, 0.10 hours in care for animals and 0.77 hours in social activities. The findings revealed that insufficient wage was ranked I with mean score (2.99), lack of toilet facilities at work was ranked II with mean score (2.95), no provisions for protective gears at work was ranked III with mean score (2.82), back pain due to carrying of tea baskets for a long time was ranked IV with mean score (2.45), cuts and rashes on fingers and palm due to plucking of tea leaves was ranked V with mean score (2.43).
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    ENTREPRENEURIAL BEHAVIOUR OF MEMBERS OF SELF HELP GROUPS OF JORHAT DISTRICT OF ASSAM
    (2019-07) Mudoi, Dhruba Jyoti; Borah, Sayanika
    Self Help Groups are considered as one of the most significant tools to adopt participatory approach for social and economic empowerment of women. Now it has been realized that sustainability of Self Help Group is possible through inoculation of the entrepreneurial behaviour and qualities among the members of SHG. Keeping this in view, the present study is entitled as “Entrepreneurial behaviour of member of Self Help Groups of Jorhat district of Assam” was taken with objectives ( i ) To study the background profile of the members of Self Help Groups of Jorhat district of Assam. ( ii ) To find out the extent of participation of the members of Self Help Groups in selected entrepreneurial activities. ( iii ) To explore the entrepreneurial behaviour of the members of selected Self Help Groups of Jorhat district of Assam. The study was carried out in the state of Assam which is situated in the north east part of India. A purposive cum random sampling design was followed for the present study .Jorhat district was purposively selected for the present study. Blocks were selected from National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) initiative blocks. NRLM has clustered all blocks of Jorhat district into 6 blocks. Out of the 6 blocks , 4 blocks were selected purposively. A list of SHG from each selected blocks who had continuously functioning for the last 10 years and engaged in some entrepreneurial activities were prepared. From the list four SHG favourable were selected by using simple random sampling method. Thus all total 16 Self Help Groups were selected for the present study. After selection of the SHG, 10 members from each SHG were selected using simple random sampling for the study. Thus a total of 160 respondents were taken as a sample for the study The findings revealed that a majority of the respondents belonged to the young aged category who were mostly married and had education up to high school level. Most of them belonged to nuclear family with small family size and having marginal land holdings with cultivation as the main occupation of the family. Most of the respondents had medium income level and were member of one organization. A high percentage ( 62.50 % ) of the members depended on Gramin Vikash Bank for their financial support in the entrepreneurial activities of the SHG’s. From the study, it was observed that majority ( 48.00 % ) of the respondents had medium level of participation in terms of selected entrepreneurial activities in managerial and marketing activities. In terms of entrepreneurial behaviour, a majority ( 71.00 % ) of the respondents had medium level of entrepreneurial behaviour and out of all the behaviour, management orientation seen as the common behaviour and therefore was given Rank I ( 48.8 ) .