A STUDY ON LABOURS IN SUGAR MILLS IN TAMIL NADU

Abstract

Sugar is the word contains sweet to consumer whereas to farmers and small producers it is bitter. Prices of the sugar in the open market is highly competitive whereas to minimum support price to the procedures not sufficient to meet their operational cost. Therefore, they fails to pay price to the sugarcane farmers in the country.  It is directly related with agriculture sector but at the same time sugar mills are producing not only sugar but also lot of substitute products to agriculture and industrial purpose.  The processing and manufacturing of secondary products were earlier done with the help of simple tools. It used manual and muscle or animal power. Such activities were generally confined to individual’s home. Gradually simple tools were replaced by more and more sophisticated powerful machines. They run with the help of energy derived from water, coal or mineral oil. These machines required big space and large workplace. Thus, mills or factories were established. Goods could be produced faster and there is uniformity in quality. The use of machine called for specialization and division of labour. The entire process was divided into a number of small steps following a definite sequence. With this view, the present paper discuss sugar industries growth and development in India, with respect to Tamil Nadu.

KEY WORDS : sugarcane , sugar industries, engineering industry, Labour welfare , employment , unskilled, semi-skilled , skilled labour