A Study On Occupational Health Problems Of The Handloom Weavers In Varanasi District
DR.JYOTI SRIVASTAVA
, Prof.Indira bishnoi
Handloom, Handloom Weavers, Occupational Health Problem
The handloom sector has a unique place in our economy. It is necessary for all round development of any state to ensure that the economic and social benefits of development should reach all the sections of society. so it is basic need to firstly we know about the socio-economic conditions of handloom weavers .Handloom weavers were facing occupational health problems due to weaving work. The present study has been conducted in Varanasi district of Uttar Pradesh which is one of the major handloom hubs. It is based on primary and secondary data. The present study was conducted in two cluster-Ram agar and Bajardiha .Out of 350 Handloom Co-operative Society 15 Co-operative Society were randomly selected and each societies 10 Handloom weavers were randomly selected.50 Master weavers and 51 weavers working under master weavers, 49 Independent weavers were purposively selected from densely populated area of Varanasi of handloom weavers. Total 370 Handloom weavers were selected. A structured interview schedule was prepared and administered on respondents through personal interview method and observation method of data collection. Secondary data for study collected from the published and unpublished sources, annual reports, research, journals and various related websites. Data were analyzed with the help of appropriate statistical tools like Frequency, Percentage, Mean, Standard Deviation-test and x2test.The computer software SPSS 16 was also used to find results. for finding out the socio –economic background of respondents the B.G.Prasad’s scale of Socio Economic Status 2017 were used and results were drawn from it. The study results revealed that the Handloom weavers suffers lot of health problems like joint pain , abdominal related ,eye problems ,knee pain ,back pain. Handloom weaving is the only sources of their livelihood so we should have made an effort to improve their present working conditions. It is compelling us to revised the policies for their betterment.
"A Study On Occupational Health Problems Of The Handloom Weavers In Varanasi District", IJNRD - INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NOVEL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (www.IJNRD.org), ISSN:2456-4184, Vol.8, Issue 3, page no.e587-e593, March-2023, Available :https://ijnrd.org/papers/IJNRD2303476.pdf
Volume 8
Issue 3,
March-2023
Pages : e587-e593
Paper Reg. ID: IJNRD_190033
Published Paper Id: IJNRD2303476
Downloads: 000118856
Research Area: Social Science and Humanities
Country: varanasi, uttar pradesh, India
ISSN: 2456-4184 | IMPACT FACTOR: 8.76 Calculated By Google Scholar | ESTD YEAR: 2016
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