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It has been observed that socio- economic condition of the people working in unorganized sector of Kalichabad village of Jaunpur Tehsil is far graver than what the successive governments of Uttar Pradesh have projected. The population has low literacy rate, deep rooted caste system, religious affiliations, superstitions etc have been found to be strongly existing there and this has been exploited by the political parties over the years for their own gains. Workers are mostly the part of unorganized sector engaged in jobs like agriculture and allied activities, welding, plumbing, small trading, shop keeping etc. and face the problems such as low earnings, health hazards, lack of access to basic amenities like accommodation, drinking water, toilets, poor education etc. In this study, author attempts to identify the occupational status of the respondents, their socio -economic status, and gives certain suggestions which should be adhered to by the local and state public authorities for their upliftment. The research design used in this study is exploratory cum analytical. It is exploratory because the study is the first of its kind done on workers of Kalichabad where the researcher has made an attempt to explore the socio-economic problems and find out the solutions to these problems. At the same time, it is analytical because after finding out the facts through empirical data, researcher has done the analysis on the basis of which inferences have been drawn and recommendations have been put forth. |
