Volume : V, Issue : IX, September - 2016

Status of Women in Construction Industry: A Case Study Analysis

M. N. Nelson, Dr. C. Gobalakrishnan

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 Construction industry is one of the informal industries and which gives maximum GDP to our country next to agriculture. The contribution of construction industry to the national economy is increasing every year. The growth of the construction industry in India depends upon three important factors. The first one is population explosion and the second one is the process of urbanization. The third one is the implementation of the Liberalization, Privatization and Globalization (LPG) policy by the Government of India. The LPG policy lures many multinational companies establish their concerns in India. So these three factors are contributing for the rapid growth of construction industry in India. To carry out the construction work the human power are very essential and among the human power the women also play very crucial role. Among the total construction workers in India, more than half are females and they are employed in the unskilled works. The present paper deals about the working status and problems of women construction workers in Salem city and case study method adopted to collect the data from the respondents.

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M.N.Nelson, Dr.C.Gobalakrishnan Status of Women in Construction Industry: A Case Study Analysis International Journal of Scientific Research,Volume : 5 | Issue : 9 |September 2016

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