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Kerala paying the highest wage to field labour (male) ₹701/day, while Chhattisgarh
figured as the lowest wage payer among all states with ₹234/day.
Average daily wage rate for field labour (female) at all India and State level showed
that Kerala paid the highest wage to field labour (female) i.e. ₹525/day, Chhattisgarh
paid the lowest wage i.e. ₹170/day.
All-India annual average wage rate was ₹278/day. The variation between wages of
male and female agricultural labourer for the same category of work has been observed
and it is approximately 25 per cent at all India level.
Average daily wage rate for field labour (male) in Tamil Nadu i.e. ₹392/day, and the
female field labour is 195