Page 3 - Informal Workers

Why Informal India cannot be 'Atmanirbhar' India

The romanticism around employment-generating and cost-cutting characteristics of these informal firms have made us believe that informality is forced by excessive cost of regulation

India's contract labour laws are riddled with incentives for corruption

The migrant workers' crisis is also the tra­gedy of contract workers, who have been growing in numbers over the years

Can the State let employers walk away from lockdown wages?

If the government is serious about standing with the migrant workers, then it cannot leave them to the vagaries of unequal negotiations with employers.

Prices remain muted despite decline in crop arrivals across mandis: CRISIL

Report points to the possibility of grains being hoarded by farmers and traders to be sold at a later date when mandi operations and logistics normalise

Covid-19 crisis may drag 400 mn Indian workers further into poverty: ILO

In India, with a share of almost 90% of people working in the informal economy, about 400 million workers in the informal economy are at risk of falling deeper into poverty during the crisis

Inside labour hubs in India's capital: Fewer jobs, more unemployed workers

Demonetisation, GST, sealing and anti-pollution measures worsened the prospects of getting a job, but experts said such opportunities were already scarce for those without a proper education

How this NGO is teaching informal workers nuances of business management

Programmes launched by Nidan (founded 1995) have brought together more than 500,000 workers from the informal sector to date