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The factors responsible for the lacklustre performance India's manufacturing are well identified in contemporary … changes in the conditions of competition in international markets. The regulations in India that impinge on labour flexibility …
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of Korea, United Arab Emirates (Dubai) and Vietnam, with whom India competes to get FDI and technology. The paper … concludes that all countries provide direct tax incentives to SEZs, and hence, if India wants to continue with the SEZ policy … exemptions. It makes policy recommendations on how to make the SEZ policy successful and an instrument of the "Make in India …
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After following inward oriented economic policies for nearly four decades, India opened up to international trade in …
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One particularly significant piece of labour legislation in India is the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act … referred to as 'contract' labour in India. This paper seeks to examine this Act and its implication for manufacturing … employment in India. While empirical evidence seems to indicate the presence of large number of 'contract' workers in the Indian …
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The paper begins with a discussion of Indian labour law and the increasing use of "contract labour" in Indian formal manufacturing. We question the widespread perception that employment of contract labour provides flexibility to employers in terms of adjustment in response to demand and...
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The present study attempts to investigate the factors affecting a firm's decision to hire contract workers. We use information from a specially commissioned survey of manufacturing firms undertaken in 2014 by ICRIER, as part of a World Bank funded project 'Jobs and Development: Creating...
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Robotics has been redefining the production process across manufacturing industries, raising serious concern about the future of jobs and the garment sector is not isolated. The recent innovations such as "Sewbot" along with other Computer Numeric Control machines have increased the risk of...
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Pyramid Household Survey to comment on the falling female labour force participation rates in India. It is found that not only … education in the current form alone might not be sufficient to spur growth in female labour force participation rates in India …
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India's creative economy is large, but its untapped potential is even larger. This study provides the first reliable … measure on the size of India's creative economy, explores the many challenges faced by the creative industries, and provides … recommendations to make India one of the most creative societies in the world. India's creative economy-measured by the number of …
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currency, corruption, and terror funding. With time, more targets were added such as the creation of a cashless economy …
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