p) Ignoring the participation of women engaged in agriculture in cultivation and obtaining relief due to the fact that the husband is considered as the chief occupant by the government officials. q) Discrimination in payment of initial salaries and wages of women in the estate Sector. r) Non-implementation of related rules and regulations in the estate sector. s) Labour Department’s failure to focus due attention on the plantation sector. t) Employees’ trade unions’ allegiance to politics. u) Non-compilation of employee-friendly new rule and regulations in the estate Sector. Since it is expected through this programme to make recommendations to the relevant state officials to sort out these problems in order to further improve the contribution made by them towards the economy of the country by engaging in informal economic sectors, it will be appropriate to focus attention on these recommendations. 29 29