• JAHNU BORGOHAIN

The socio-economic status of women in India has been a matter of discussion since historic past. Women status has got traditional transformation with the passage of time. When women of India have been fighting since a long time to get some of their basic rights, unfortunately, women are being victimized simultaneously and deprived of getting equal status. In the case of Assam, the present status of women is satisfactory in terms of those women who are blessed enough to avail each and every opportunity of the modern world and they belong to the middle class of upper middle class. On the other hand there are still a major portion of women who belong to the category called ‘Below Poverty Line’. And these women are to be seen anywhere in the urban places as well as villages. It is very difficult to see the colour of grass distinctly from the sky. When one comes closer to the ground everything becomes clear and distinct. In this paper an attempt has been made to examine the socio-economic status of tea garden women. The main objective of the study is to find out the socio-economic status of tea garden women and to suggest measures for improvement of the present socio-economic condition of the women of tea garden. Some selected indicators are applied here to analysis of women status in the study area.

Key Words: Tea garden Women, Socio-economic Status.

"TEA GARDEN WOMEN, ISSUES OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS: A STUDY ON TEA GARDEN WOMEN OF SIVASAGAR DISTRICT, ASSAM", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 3, page no.1626-1633, March-2020, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2003235.pdf

"TEA GARDEN WOMEN, ISSUES OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS: A STUDY ON TEA GARDEN WOMEN OF SIVASAGAR DISTRICT, ASSAM", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 3, page no. pp1626-1633, March-2020, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2003235.pdf