Comment on Average work hours in India.
emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 11 months agoThe majority of Indians are farmers, and they don’t have fixed hours. They do whatever it takes to get a good harvest, or they’re in trouble.
You can see in the map how the agricultural state have higher numbers, with Bihar being the big exception.
emc@lemmy.world 11 months ago
The survey title seems to indicate they are targeting urban men with these surveys. I would think that would exclude agricultural workers, wouldn’t it?
WarmSoda@lemm.ee 11 months ago
From what I’ve casually heard over the years, and someone correct me if I’m wrong, lots of people try to get urban jobs because most are from farms and they’re poor. That’s one of the reasons call centers are so big.
emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
This is true, but most of them actually work in light industry, construction, garments and so on. Call centres are a fairly minor sector.
WarmSoda@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Gotcha, thank you
emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
My bad! I’m middle class so I know things are worse for many people, but I didn’t realise it was this bad.