Employers are struggling to cope with the increased financial burden, leading to stagnant wages and reduced work availability for those who roll beedis. As one beedi worker shared, "If the ...

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has said that the government will guarantee that beedi workers in the State will get their eligible minimum wage. Inaugurating the golden jubilee celebration of the ...

backbreaking work undertaken by the estimated 400 million labourers in India. Many beedi rollers, for instance, are vulnerable to lung damage and tuberculosis due to their dangerous work ...

New Delhi, July 14 (IANSlife) While about 96 per cent (42,76,124) of the total beedi workers (44,60,076) are home-based, only four per cent (1,83,952) work in factories, reveals a new study adding ...