SUPPLY OF LABOUR IN INDIA

A look at the industrial map of India will show that there are certain states/areas, which in spite of large concentration of industrial units suffer from labour deficiency; where as there are industrially depressed states/areas where a large surplus labour force is available. It is from these depressed areas that labour often migrates to the industrial centers. In course of a study , Dr. Lokananathan has pointed out , “dibrugarh and tea plantations in Assam; Howrah-Burdwan industrial belt in West Bengal; Jamshedpur-Hirapur iron industry zone and the coal belt in Bihar and contiguous M.P region ;