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Poverty and Livelihood among Tribals in Gujarat: Status, Opportunities, and Strategies
Sajitha O.G; Shah, Amita - eSocialSciences - 2009
This paper tries to look into the status of poverty and multiple deprivations among tribal communities in the state and …
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AT Times When Limbs May Fail: Social Security for Unorganised Workers in Karnataka
Rajasekhar, D.; Suchitra J.Y.; Madheshwaran S.; … - eSocialSciences - 2006
Policy makers, therefore, often encounter the following questions while formulating the social security schemes. What are the priority social security needs of unorganized workers? What existing mechanisms and strategies do they use to meet the social security needs? Do social security needs and...
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Review of Rural Non-farm Sector in India: Recent Evidence
Ranjan, Sharad - eSocialSciences - 2007
During the period 1972-73 to 2004-05 in rural India, the total number of workers expanded more in the non-farm sector than the farm sector with the rise in male workers being sharper than that of female workers. This enquir,y primarily based on NSS data, throws up ample evidence of the...
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Allotment of Ration Cards and Ration to the Families Migrating from Drought Areas
eSocialSciences - 2013
Government resolution (GR) by Maharashtra government for migrant workers from drought areas. [Government of Maharashtra]. URL:[https://www.maharashtra.gov.in/Site/Upload/Government%20Resolutions/English/201302261456548906.pdf].
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Globalization and China's 'Race to the Bottom' in Labour Standards
Chan, Anita - eSocialSciences - 2006
Globalization, or integration with the world economy via WTO membership, was expected to increase foriegn investment and benefit the labour intensive manufacturing sector in China. Yet, although foreign investment has been flowing into China and employment in the low-wage industries is...
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Final Report of the Task Force on Domestic Workers: Realising Decent Work
Labour, Ministry of; Employment MoL&E - eSocialSciences - 2011
This report presents the results of the deliberations of the Task Force. Section one provides the background. Section two presents the status of the implementation of March 2010 recommendations contained in the First Report. It then describes the deliberations of the Task Force regarding the...
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Kerala Budget 2010-11
Govt, Government of Kerala - eSocialSciences - 2010
Budget speech by finance minister Dr. Thomas Issac
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Report of the Expert Group on Estimation of Proportion and Number of Poor
Commission, Planning - eSocialSciences - 2014
The Planning Commission constituted, in September 1989, an 'Expert Group' to consider methodological and computational aspects of estimation of proportion and number of poor in India. [Planning Commission].
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Climate Change, Agriculture, Poverty and Livelihoods: A Status Report
Ninan, K N; Bedamatta, Satyasiba - eSocialSciences - 2013
This paper assesses the impact of climate change on Indian agriculture covering a cross section of crops, seasons and regions based on existing literature. The study notes that the impact of climate change will vary across crops, regions and climate change scenarios. [ISEC Working Paper 277]....
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Women's Migration, Urban Poverty and Child Health in Rajasthan
Kumar, Maya Unnithan; MCNAY, K; CASTALDO, A - eSocialSciences - 2014
in Rajasthan, a state with one of the highest infant mortality rates in India. Urban poverty is significant in Rajasthan … with a fifth of the urban population living below the poverty line and in slums. Increasing numbers of poor migrants in … search of employment contribute to the rising levels of urban poverty in cities such as Jaipur, where the present study is …
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