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A developing economy like India is often characterised by a labour market with demand and supply of labour and a wage … certain number of labour days in a year. In this paper, using a simple theoretical model, we have analysed the impact of NREGA … scheme on (i) rural labour market, (ii) income of the poor households and (iii) overall agricultural production. It is seen …
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, repatriation and rehabilitation of trafficked and migrant child labour. Comments are invited by the Ministry and may be sent to …
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Has leisure increased over the last century? Standard measures of hours worked suggest that it has. In this paper, we … develop a comprehensive measure of non-leisure hours that includes market work, home production, commuting and schooling for …. Finally, leisure per capita is approximately the same now as it was in 1900 [NBER WP No. 12264]. …
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Resolution and conclusions of the 101st Session of the International Labour Conference, Geneva, 2012. [ILO]. …
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As reports of severe harassment of Maruti workers and their families trickled in in late July 2012, Peoples Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR) undertook a fact finding investigation into the incident, its context and implications. [PUDR]....
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The India Migration Bibliography covers over 3,000 books, research articles and reports written on the subject of internal migration, international migration and diaspora, related to India. The bibliography is inter-disciplinary and provides sections with selected publications by themes,...
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, including widows, mothers of young children, etc. who typically face serious constraints in the context of labour market …
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The Indian labour market is charcaterised by abysmally low participation of women in the labour market, enormity of low … wage informal employment, and scarcity of decent regular wage employment. The collection of essays discuss the labour … market scenario in India from different angles, highlighting the need for integrated labour policies. It has been recongnised …
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Migration can act as a negative force. It can lead to distress migration, which is what happens when people have to go to cities to find work because they cannot survive on what they can earn in their own villages. Can NREGA be used to curb rural urban migration? [CCS Working Paper No. 202].
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Increasing job opportunities and decent work for women are essential for inclusive growth, and they are vital for advancing economic and social development in a country. This approach to attaining economic and social wealth is based on reliable academic and statistical evidence and is...
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