Differentiate between main and marginal workers.

Main workers

Marginal workers

(i)The main worker is a person who is engaged in any economically productive work for at least 183 days in a year.

(i)A marginal worker is one who engaged in only economically productive work for less than 183 days in a year. In India 8.7% of workers are marginal workers.

(ii)In 2001 the percentage of main workers of the total people was 30.2%.

(ii)Percentage of marginal workers reflects a less developing economy and poverty.

(iii)Main workers contribute the largest share in the economically productive work in the country.

(iii)Most of the marginal workers are the land less agricultural labourers in rural areas.