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[author] => Maddela Miriam [googlescholar] => https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=KeqZGcIAAAAJ&hl=en [doi] => [year] => 2019 [month] => May [volume] => 7 [issue] => 5 [file] => eprapub/EW201905-01-002820.pdf [abstract] =>

Construction activities are an integral part of the Indian economy and have attracted considerable amount of finances in both the public and private sectors. Investment in construction industry is very high and it is a flourishing industry that has accumulated immense wealth in the hands of the builders resulting in the formation of a powerful builders lobby in the country. It is the second largest unorganized sector of industry employing more than eight million workers. It is one of the few industries in which operations are discontinuous making the industry a mobile one. The industry uses several types of materials - steel, wood, bricks, cement, lime, asbestos, toxic chemicals etc. in large quantities. The origin of the construction industry dates from the origin of civilization. Rapid urbanization leads to acute need of housing and growth of industry which require massive infrastructure including roads, bridges, building of factories, railways etc. Due to these requirements, the construction industry stands out as one of the major economic activities. Construction activity is also consistently providing a substantial contribution to the national income. The objective of the present study is to analyze the socio-economic, living conditions and awareness about their rights of Construction women workers in Guntur City.

KEY WORDS: Unorganized Sector, Construction Workers, Marginalized Women.

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