£

2) Ahmedabad

Total number Returned ..
Number covered by Bonus
Schemes.
dercentage of - Bay
covered to number
returned.
Jumber who secured thel
Bonus.
Yercentage of those vil
secured Bonus to number
returned.
ercentage of those whol
secured Bonus to number
covered.

Vien

12,719
9.108

71-6

8,568

674

24-1 |

Women

3,016
9 396

77-1

2.165

71:8

08-1

Adult
operatives

15,735
I'l.432

727

10,733

68:2

03-9

Children

657
527

R02

523

79-6

099-2

All
operatives

16,392
11,959
73-0

11,256
68-7

04-1

AEE Ar

'3Y Sholapur

Total number Returned |
Number covered by Bonus
Schemes.
Percentage of |
covered to number
returned.
Number who secured the
Bonus.
Percentage of those who
secured Bonus to number
returned.
Jorcentage of those who
secured Bonus to number
covered.

\Tenn

3,761
1.619

430

R03

214

£96 |

Women

Adult
yperatives

810
677

4,571
2 906

83:6

50°92

658

1,461
21-7

R12

97-2" 63-6 |

Children

192
192

100-0

192
100 CG

1060-0

All
operatives

4,763
2.488
52-92

1,663
34-7

66-4

146. Tt will be seen from the above tables that whereas 73 per cent.
Jf the total number of operatives returned were covered by bonus
schemes in the Ahmedabad mills, 52-2 per cent. were covered in
Sholapur and only 37 per cent. in Bombay. Out of the numbers
sovered 94°1 per cent. earned the bonus in Ahmedabad as against 79-9
oer cent. in Bombay and 664 per cent. in Sholapur. Among different
sex and age groups cent per cent. of the children returned and covered
nn Sholapur and 99-2 per cent. of the children covered in Ahmedabad
were paid bonus. Women in Sholapur come next with 97-2 per cent.
nd men and women in Ahmedabad follow very closely with 94-1 per
sent. and 93-1 per cent. respectively. It is significant that whereas
37-2 per cent. of women covered in Sholapur earned the bonus, only
19-6 per cent. of the men covered were able to get it. The percentage
Jf women who earned the bonus in Bombay was greater than the
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