There are many brick kilns in Palus tehsil of Sangli district. The area has the availability of raw materials and other necessary geographical conditions for the brick industry. This research paper attempts to study the social status of brick kiln owners. This research paper is based on primary and secondary data. A total of 11 brick kiln owners in Palus tehsil are male and five brick kiln owners are in the age group of 40 to 50. There is no illiterate brick kiln owner. Four brick kiln owners have completed their education graduation. Seven brick kiln owners are married and one brick kiln owner is a widower. The brick kiln owners live in joint families. All the brick kiln owners are Hindus. There are five brick kiln owners in the OBC category. There is no brick kiln owner from the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe category. The monthly income of the five brick kiln owners in Palus taluka is between 50,000 and 1,00,000 rupees; only one brick kiln owner earns more than 1,50,000 rupees. The brick kiln owners face problems related to laborers, raw materials, land, modern technology, worker health, and environmental issues and government policies etc.
Madane et al. (Fri,) studied this question.