Though the movement of people in pursuit of work is not new, labour migration appears to be a growing phenomenon in the South Asian region. Empirical studies and papers analysing government data have shown that migration is not a simple movement from village to city in this region, but involves multiple streams and patterns including […]
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Workshop on ‘Labour Migration and Social Change in South Asia’
Sarabjit Kaur on March 22nd, 2017
The Story of Nanka
Bhaskar Majumdar on March 6th, 2017
Nanka is Nanka Bharti aged around 35 with a wife, two sons and a daughter. Naka works as a non-agricultural labourer in and around the city of Allahabad as and when engaged by the local sub-contractor under the multiple core contractors in the city. Nanka is a Dalit, his wife remains engaged as a domestic […]
Disguised Workers
Bhaskar Majumdar on March 6th, 2017
Labour is non-substitutable – mostly for the non-labourers to accumulate! Economists take a leap forward and calculate also disguised unemployment without realizing if they themselves are evicted from penning such paid calculations where do they get alternative jobs. In my understanding most of them are socially obsolete (with due apology).
The Story of Anshu
Bhaskar Majumdar on February 21st, 2017
Anshu is a sickly boy of 24 engaged on ad hoc basis in a social science research Institute at Allahabad earning a little more than the stipulated minimum. Anshu comes from a village very close to the city of Allahabad. Anshu is well settled in his household – pursuing his Graduation from a nearby College […]
Internal Migration conundrum in India
Sarabjit Kaur on February 2nd, 2017
The first-ever estimates of internal work-related migration using railways data for the period 2011-2016 indicate an annual average flow of close to 9 million migrant people between the states.
Union Budget 2017: Thumbs up for MGNREGA
Sarabjit Kaur on February 2nd, 2017
India’s biggest anti-poverty scheme, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act or MGNREGA, has been given its “highest allocation ever” of 48,000 crores in the government’s annual Budget presented today, said Finance Minster Arun Jaitley to Parliament.
Economic Survey 2017 says labour migration higher than earlier estimates
Sarabjit Kaur on February 2nd, 2017
According to data cited in the survey, Delhi was the largest recipient of migrants, accounting for more than half the number in 2015-16. People from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar accounted for almost half the migrants in the same period.
Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2017
Sarabjit Kaur on January 11th, 2017
The annual global convention for the Indian diaspora, Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2017 was held in Bengaluru from January 7 to 9 with a record participation since its inception.
Tribune oped: For informal workers, ‘notebandi’ equals ‘paisabandi’
Mukta Naik on January 2nd, 2017
Mukta Naik, Eesha Kunduri & Manish (The original piece appeared in The Tribune on 28 December 2016) A sweeping indictment of cash needs to be replaced with a more nuanced understanding of the cash-driven economy. We need measures to protect those who are genuinely cash-dependent. The cash economy is multilayered, involving cash payments at multiple […]
Podcast: Coping with ‘notebandi’: Voices of informal workers
Mukta Naik on January 2nd, 2017
Life has been hard following demonetisation, especially so for informal workers who constitute as per the NCEUS’ 2007 report, about 92% of India’s workforce. In Delhi, many of these informal workers are also migrants. But behind the stories of hardship, there is the reality of coping mechanisms and a variety of strategies that have helped […]
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