The average daily wages of paddy farm labourers in the state had also been increasing considerably in recent years. During the last one decade itself the average daily wages of male farm workers increased from Rs to Rs 118.90 showing an aggregate increase of 232.40 percent and the wage of female workers rose from Rs to Rs 78.80 registering an overall increase of 273.28 percent. Meanwhile the increase in the farm price of paddy was only 90 percent. For six hours of work the male and female paddy farm labourers in the study area used to
