Department of Health Science, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India
Mini Review
Seasonally Migrated Sugarcane Cutters and Health Services in the Sugar Belt in Maharashtra, India
Author(s): Saroj Shinde*
This article underlines the role of sugar factories and the government health system in providing
health services to sugarcane cutters. It highlights if and how existing health service providers solve
workers' health issues by emphasizing the nature of health services on which these workers depend.
Every year sugarcane cutters seasonally migrate from the drought-prone or tribal districts towards the
sugar belt of Maharashtra. It mainly constitutes illiterate/less educated, poor, lower castes and
landless/small landholders. It is well known that these workers confront numerous problems and
compromise at multiple levels. Specifically, exploitation of labor rights, issues related to housing and
sanitation, deprivation of children from education, issues related to accessing citizenship rights, etc.
Together these issues accentuate that these workers are neglected m.. View More»
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