Employment In The Informal Sector In India

Author : Jan Breman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 467 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2016-06-23
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0199467714

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At Work in the Informal Economy of India by Jan Breman Pdf

With labour being pushed out of agriculture, Jan Breman analyses why, when, and how the massive shift in production and employment came about. The book is divided into two parts. The first part discusses the past and present path of capitalism and dwells on the abominable condition of theunorganized workforce and the commodification of labour, familiarizing the reader with the concept of informality and its ramifications. The second part, a compilation of well-established, critical readings in the field by the author, elaborates on themes and issues introduced in the first part ofthe book. Drawing upon detailed field accounts and a critique of the informal sector at both analytical and empirical levels, the author examines different aspects of the labour regime that, in the past decades, has become dominant in the world at large, with serious consequences for the labouringpoor in India.

Author : Ishita Mukhopadhyay
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 149 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2022-01-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789811508417

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Employment in the Informal Sector in India by Ishita Mukhopadhyay Pdf

This book examines the transition, transformation and future of the informal sector, informal work and informal workers in India from the perspectives of development economics as well as those of international organisations. Though the informal sector has a long tradition in India, it has been transformed in the wake of neoliberal economic policy. The sector took on new prominence in the 1980s, and has since grown much stronger and established itself as the country’s dominant sector. Several reports on the informal sector appeared during this period, and the status of the sector in India is positioned in the context of this international scenario. The major debate concerns the definition of this sector. While international labour statisticians had suggested a mechanism of definition and measurement of the sector, Indian official statistics took a different approach. The book analytically elaborates the different definitions and measurement controversies in different countries and contextualises the official Indian position. While deliberating on the size, contribution, productivity, and potential of the informal sector, the heterogeneity and decomposition of the sector with respect to these aspects are also suggested. The book develops a political economic interpretation of the historical transition of the informal sector in India, employing heterodox economics as a theoretical basis, with a critical note on standard neoclassical economic analysis. The final part of the book focuses on understanding the development of capitalism in the country under neoliberalism, as that development is crucial to understanding the informal sector in any country, and particularly in India. In the current context, the volume will be of great relevance to researchers, non-government organizations, policy makers and international organisations working on the topic.

Author : Sigamani Panneer,Sanghmitra S. Acharya,Nagarajan Sivakami
Publisher : Springer
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2019-07-25
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9789811384219

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Health, Safety and Well-Being of Workers in the Informal Sector in India by Sigamani Panneer,Sanghmitra S. Acharya,Nagarajan Sivakami Pdf

This book focuses on the core problems of occupational health, safety and well-being of workers in the informal sector in developing countries, where it accounts for most of the rural labour force and a substantial percentage of the urban labour force. The sector is characterised by low incomes, unstable employment and lack of protection in the form of legislation/policies or trade unions. Though some health and problem-solving measures have been introduced, a focused academic effort to address the problems confronting workers in the unorganised sector, or informal economy, is lacking. The book evaluates workers’ physical and mental health in the context of labour migration, social inclusion of minorities and the differently abled, provisions for women workers, demonetisation, occupational safety for hazardous work, and in connection with various areas of informal work, e.g. agriculture, construction, transportation, sanitation, tanning, the tobacco industry, powerloom industry, surrogacy, and self-employment. It provides a well-rounded description of an analytical reflection on the challenges these workers face and focuses on social policy changes to help alleviate them. Accordingly, it offers a valuable asset for researchers and students interested in development studies, the sociology of work, health and labour economics, public health, and social work.

Author : Renana Jhabvala,Ratna M Sudarshan,Jeemol Unni
Publisher : SAGE Publications Pvt. Limited
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2003-10-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105111902461

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Informal Economy Centrestage by Renana Jhabvala,Ratna M Sudarshan,Jeemol Unni Pdf

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Author : Amitabh Kundu,Alakh N. Sharma
Publisher : Virago Press
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015051609181

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Informal Sector in India by Amitabh Kundu,Alakh N. Sharma Pdf

Selected papers presented at a seminar during 1997 in Delhi, India.

Author : Martha Chen,Françoise Carré
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2020-07-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780429575389

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The Informal Economy Revisited by Martha Chen,Françoise Carré Pdf

This landmark volume brings together leading scholars in the field to investigate recent conceptual shifts, research findings and policy debates on the informal economy as well as future challenges and directions for research and policy. Well over half of the global workforce and the vast majority of the workforce in developing countries work in the informal economy, and in countries around the world new forms of informal employment are emerging. Yet the informal workforce is not well understood, remains undervalued and is widely stigmatised. Contributors to the volume bridge a range of disciplinary perspectives including anthropology, development economics, law, political science, social policy, sociology, statistics, urban planning and design. The Informal Economy Revisited also focuses on specific groups of informal workers, including home-based workers, street vendors and waste pickers, to provide a grounded insight into disciplinary debates. Ultimately, the book calls for a paradigm shift in how the informal economy is perceived to reflect the realities of informal work in the Global South, as well as the informal practices of the state and capital, not just labour. The Informal Economy Revisited is the culmination of 20 years of pioneering work by WIEGO (Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing), a global network of researchers, development practitioners and organisations of informal workers in 90 countries. Researchers, practitioners, policy-makers and advocates will all find this book an invaluable guide to the significance and complexities of the informal economy, and its role in today’s globalised economy. The Open Access version of this book, available at https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9780429200724, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license

Author : K.k.Tiwary
Publisher : Blue Rose Publishers
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2021-03-24
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Management of unorganized labour force in India -an uncommon approach by K.k.Tiwary Pdf

The Covid-19 disaster has brought to centre stage the colossal investment the country is required to make in key areas of social policies, labour reforms and support systems. With 90% of our people working in the informal economy, India is grappling with a herculean task of protecting these workers, their livelihoods & households. This massive informal work force lacks regularity in employment, social security benefits and faces low wages and poor working conditions. This widespread informality in India is unlikely to disappear in near future. The present article is an attempt to put forward a comprehensive proposal for formalization of working under informal sector in such a manner that ensures durable employment, fair wages and self-reliant dignified life style to all wage earners and also bring win-win situations for different stakeholders of informal economy.

Author : Smita Yadav
Publisher : Springer
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2018-06-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783319779713

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Precarious Labour and Informal Economy by Smita Yadav Pdf

An empirical account of one of India’s largest indigenous populations, this book tells the story of the Gonds—who currently face displacement and governmental control of the region’s forests, which has crippled their economy. Rather than protesting and calling for state intervention, the Gonds have turned toward an informal economy: they not only engage with flexible forms of work, but also bargain for higher wages and experience agency and autonomy. Smita Yadav conceives of this withdrawal from the state in favour of precarious forms of work as an expression of anarchy by this marginalized population. Even as she provides rich detail of the Gonds’ unusual working lives, which integrate work, labour, and debt practices with ideologies of family and society, Yadav illustrates the strength required to maintain dignity when a welfare state has failed.

Author : Geert de Neve
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 8187358181

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The Everyday Politics of Labour by Geert de Neve Pdf

Following increased integration in global economic networks, some of India's informal sectors have expanded drastically in recent decades and are employing an increasing number of the country's working population. This book presents a powerful critique of the simplified representations that portray workers' politics in this informal sector as marked by low levels of class consciousness, limited abilities for resistance, and ruled by 'primordial' relations of caste, kinship and patronage. This study will be of interest to students of economy, politics, sociology and social anthropology as well as scholars of development studies.

Author : Tom Barnes
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2014-12-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317571018

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Informal Labour in Urban India by Tom Barnes Pdf

During the last two decades, rapid economic growth and development in India has been based upon the mass employment of informal labour. Using case studies from three urban regions, this book examines this growth in modern India’s cities and towns. It argues that India has undergone a process of uneven and combined development during its integration with the world economy, leading to a distorted form of urban development. This book is about work and resistance in India’s massive ‘informal economy’. It looks at the growth of informal labour in Bangalore, Mumbai and New Delhi during an era of neoliberal economic policymaking. Going beyond mainstream accounts, it argues that India’s rapid economic development has been based upon the mass employment of workers on low wages who lack basic social protection and rights at work. It discusses how urban development in India is characterised by a combination of industrialisation, industrial relocation, restructuring and informalisation. Departing from some existing studies of de-industrialisation, it re-frames informalisation as a process that complements, rather than contradicts, contemporary industrialisation in rapidly-emerging economies. The book adopts a ‘classes of labour’ approach, classifying each case of informal labour as a specific ‘form of exploitation’: as a different way for employers to lower production costs, control workers and increase enterprise flexibility. Offering a critique of existing data on the measurement and monitoring of informal labour and employment, the book is relevant to students and scholars of Development Studies, International Political Economy and South Asian Studies.

Author : Jan Breman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1996-09-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521568242

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Footloose Labour by Jan Breman Pdf

In a penetrating anthropological study of the working poor in India, Jan Breman examines the lives of those who, pushed out of the agrarian labour market, depend on casual work. Beginning his local-level research in two villages in south Gujarat, the author discusses the mobilisation of casual labour, which is hired and fired according to the need of the moment, and transferred for the duration of the job to destinations far away from the home area. His case-study reveals that the circulation of labour is indicative of an employment pattern which dominates both the rural and urban economy of large parts of South Asia. Elaborating on the social profile of the work migrants, the author argues that their identity is shaped by both class and caste relations and, despite action by state agencies, nothing of significance has been achieved to improve their quality of life.

Author : Rosa Abraham
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Informal sector (Economics)
ISBN : 8177912194

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Informal Employment in India by Rosa Abraham Pdf

Author : OECD,International Labour Organization,International Monetary Fund,International Statistical Committee of the Commonwealth of Independent States
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2002-05-24
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264175358

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Measuring the Non-Observed Economy: A Handbook by OECD,International Labour Organization,International Monetary Fund,International Statistical Committee of the Commonwealth of Independent States Pdf

This essential Handbook makes underground, hidden, grey economies intelligible and consistently quantifiable. An invaluable tool for statistics producers and users and researchers, the book explains how the non-observed economy can be measured and ...

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Economic development
ISBN : 9221281701

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Women and Men in the Informal Economy by Anonim Pdf

This publication provides, for the first time, direct measures of informal employment inside and outside informal enterprises for 47 countries. It also presents statistics on the composition and contribution of the informal economy as well as on specific groups of urban informal workers.

Author : Supriya Routh
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2014-03-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317910664

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Enhancing Capabilities through Labour Law by Supriya Routh Pdf

In 2002 the International Labour Organization issued a report titled ‘Decent work and the informal economy’ in which it stressed the need to ensure appropriate employment and income, rights at work, and effective social protection in informal economic activities. Such a call by the ILO is urgent in the context of countries such as India, where the majority of workers are engaged in informal economic activities, and where expansion of informal economic activities is coupled with deteriorating working conditions and living standards. This book explores the informal economic activity of India as a case study to examine typical requirements in the work-lives of informal workers, and to develop a means to institutionalise the promotion of these requirements through labour law. Drawing upon Amartya Sen’s theoretical outlook, the book considers whether a capability approach to human development may be able to promote recognition and work-life conditions of a specific category of informal workers in India by integrating specific informal workers within a social dialogue framework along with a range of other social partners including state and non-state institutions. While examining the viability of a human development based labour law in an Indian context, the book also indicates how the proposals put forth in the book may be relevant for informal workers in other developing countries. This research monograph will be of great interest to scholars of labour law, informal work and workers, law and development, social justice, and labour studies.