• Dr.S.Balamurugan
• P. Kalai rani

In India Tamil Nadu is one of the largest garment exporter and sometimes referred to as Textile valley of India. Garments industry is considered as the back bone of the country’s economy while it plays great role for many people socio-economic wellbeing at the back door. This paper is an endeavor to describe the context of the women employees from two perspectives. One is social perspective and the other is economic perspective. The analysis is based on the survey of 51 women workers of 3 readymade garment industrial units located in different parts of Salem District. We found that women are doing work on an average 8 hours/day in the garment industry but they receive average salary below 5000/- per month. It is notable that they maintain a very critical life managing hardly for their own and family expenses. So minimum wage should be fixed by the government for their better standard of living. This paper suggestions measures for improving the prevailing socio-economic facilities, to a great extent, to achieve women workers’ satisfaction at the maximum level.

Women Employees, Garments Sector, Socio-Economic Context, Satisfaction, Life Changes.

"Socio – Economic context of working women employees in Readymade Garment Industry in Salem District", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 6, page no.136-146, June-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1806020.pdf

"Socio – Economic context of working women employees in Readymade Garment Industry in Salem District", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 6, page no. pp136-146, June-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1806020.pdf