ABSTRACT
In the most widely read book about labour conditions in India, the problem of women workers is summarized as follows: ‘If the number of women employed in industry is small, it does not reflect any reluctance of the Indian women to take to vocations in industry; but it is only because industrialization in India has not progressed far and there yet remains millions of men to be provided with work. In women, a vast manpower potential, both willing and eager to work, is existing and when the time comes for rapid industrialization, their services could be well drafted.’ 1
