Tag: Labour market

In this paper, we document the growing informalization of India’s labour force, and the consequences of this phenomenon for the state of social protection in India

This chapter documents the growing informalization of India’s labour force and the consequences of this phenomenon for the state of social protection in India.

In this post, we examine some questions with respect to India’s minimum wage laws, in light of the Code on Wages, 2019 and the Draft Wages Code Rules, 2020

This post is part of a series of guest posts on social security for self-employed workers in the informal economy

Unreliable, expensive, and insecure channels of remittances and traditional savings instruments had inhibited migrant households’ ability to utilise their remittances to save and create wealth.

We have provided our constructive comments on the Draft in response to the call for responses from stakeholders dated 17.09.2019. (Ministry of Labour and Employment , 2019) We have commented on the following aspects of the Draft, namely: 1. The need for greater clarity on institutions set up under the Draft, particularly the Central Board of Trustees and the National Social Security Board for Unorganised Workers. 2. The definition of “worker” and “employee” under the present draft.

Our response to the Ministry of Labour on social security code.

It provides no guidelines to account for minimum consumption by households, despite Supreme Court rulings on this.

As we saw in the previous post, seasonal migrant workers and their families face several endemic disadvantages, both at source and destination.

“Why did I migrate? Because it’s a question of my survival, my family’s survival” – Mogji Meena, Limdi Village, Aaspur Block, Dungarpur District, Rajasthan