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What benefits does Sudha get along with her salary?

Sudha works as a marketing manager in a company which manufactures biscuits. She gets a regular salary and is a permanent worker with the company. She can expect her job to continue for a long time. Being a permanent worker, she also gets other benefits such as the following:


Savings for old age: A part of her salary is kept in a fund with the government. She will earn interests on these savings. When she retires from this job, she will get this money and she can live on that.


Holidays: She gets off on Sundays and national holidays. She also gets some days as annual leave.


Medical facilities for her family: Her company pays the medical expenses up to a certain amount for her and her family members. She gets medical leave if she falls ill and her salary is not cut if she takes this leave.


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1

Read and discuss the following description of the living conditions of workers who come to the labor chowk.

Most workers that we find at the labor chowk cannot afford permanent accommodation and so sleep on pavements near the chowk, or they pay Rs. 6 a night for a bed at a nearby night shelter run by the Municipal Corporation. To compensate for the lack of security, local tea and cigarette shops function as banks, moneylenders and safety lockers, all rolled into one. Most workers leave their tools at these shops for the night for safekeeping, and pass on any extra money to them. The shopkeepers keep the money safely and also offer loans to laborers in need.

 2

Complete the following table and discuss how their work is different:












































Name



Place of work



Earnings



Security of work



Benefits Received



Work on


their own or


employed



Bachchu


Manjhi




Rs. 100 day






Harpreet,Vandana







Work on their own



Nirmala





No security





Sudha



Company



Rs. 30,000 p.m.










 3

In what ways is a permanent and regular job different from a casual job? Discuss.

 5

Fill in the following table to show the services provided by people in the markets which you visit frequently.



























Name of the shop or office



Nature of the service provided


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