Tag: All India Bidi Industry Federation

Demonetisation Effect | Over 8 mn bidi workers yet to be paid since Nov 8

Even as the rest of the country is concerned about cash withdrawals on the pay day, there are about eight million bidi workers who haven’t received their wages since November 8. With 90 per cent of workers located in rural areas with no bank accounts, bidi units have not been able to pay wa…