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workers of the state now get paid as much as male workers. For
decades, women workers were paid a lesser minimum wage than their male
counterparts on the plea that they were physically weak and could not
handle strenuous work. “It was Rs 50 per day for the male worker and
Rs 30 per day for the female worker for almost two decades,” said Mr
K. Raju, principal secretary for rural development. Countless agitations
had been taken out by Left parties in the state for the removal of this
disparity. The quiet revolution was finally accomplished with the
implementation of the Union government's National Rural Employment
Guarantee Scheme, which removed this gender bias in one stroke. Women
workers are also being paid Rs 80 per day now along with their male
comrades. Earlier, contractors used to opt for married.
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