Deal #355 Version #46450

round about Tractor driver, machine operator, 8-10 guards, 50-60 salaried laborers at Rs. 8,000 with 9-5 working hours; four water courses has 15 people each course; Drivers are paid Rs. 12,000 and heavy machine operators are paid Rs. 40,000.

142 approximate local workers. One from every household in the village. However, according to FGDs, the company had not employed people from their village; all of the workers were hired from the Minister’s own village. They are paid a minimum wage of Rs. 6,500 per month. In the beginning they had been paid Rs 4,500, which was later increased to Rs 6,000. In the past few months the pay has been increased to Rs 6,500.Their work includes watering the grass fields, realigning the land (called banoo) spreading urea, and cutting grass at the sides of the field (which machines were unable to do) as well as any other support work needed. Workers employed on the field were given no off day, not even one day a week. If people did not come to work, their pay would be deducted.