A chapter dedicated to migration in the Economic Survey 2016-17 signals the willingness on the part of Indian policymakers to address the linkages between migration, labour markets and economic development
Exploring data from the urban and migrant household surveys of the Chinese Household\r\nIncome Project (CHIP), this paper dissects the underlying causes of the depressing effect of\r\nthe hukou system on migrant household consumption into two channels
With 53 percent of India's labour force still engaged in agriculture it is apparent that India has not witnessed a reduction in the share of population working in agriculture
Review of India: The Urban Transition- A case study of Development Urbanism by Henrik Valeur
Review of Perspectives in Urban Development: Issues in Infrastructure, Planning and Governance edited by Ramanath Jha and Jyoti Chandiramani
Review of Urbanization in India - Challenges, Opportunities and the Way Forward
A Tripartite Committee was constituted by the Government of India vide its resolution on 1 May, 1984 to look into the question of having a separate self-contained legislation for the brick-kiln industry considering the special features of the working of the industry and the difficulties in implementing the labour laws applicable to them
This paper discusses the conditions of employment in relation to the provisions of four of the national laws, namely, Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986, Minimum Wages Act, 1948, Interstate Migrant Workers (Condition of Service and Regulation of Employment) Act, 1979 and Bonded Labour (Abolition) Act, 1976 and international instruments in ILO Convention 138 on Minimum Age and 182 on the worst forms of child labour
This paper discusses the basic tenets of the various labour legislations and their implications, in addition to court cases which have bearing on the living and working conditions of migrant workers
Gujarat occupies a prominent position in producing cotton and cottonseed
Despite the fact that women cite marriage/family movement as the main reason for migration, it is important to recognise that they were workers at the source area and are potential workers in the destination as well
This study looks at the situation of migrant construction workers in Bangalore with a view to help design programmes and policies for them
This study looks at the labour market conditions and experiences of migrants in Hyderabad
This paper is based on a survey of migrant labourers in daily labour markets across seven locations, called nakas, in Navi Mumbai
This study relies on a primary survey of migrants conducted at selected labour congregation points where migrants seek work within the capital city of Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh, India
This paper discusses the nature of temporary migration from the Bargarh district of Odisha and is based on a survey of households in the Gaisilat block of the district
Despite contradicting evidence, the focus of both the urban policies and rural development strategies has been to prevent or reduce rural out-migration
This paper presents the context of internal migration in contemporary India, and presents recommendations for the government
In developing countries, lack of formal contract enforcement mechanisms is compensated by informal or relational governance enforced through trust, kinship, reputation, etc
With an urbanization level of 31
In 2007-08, short-term migrants constituted 4
This paper examines progress in financial inclusion using information on indebtedness of rural labour households collected by NSSO as part survey of employment and unemployment conducted in 2004-05 and 2009-10
This paper sheds light on the issue of internal migration for education and employment among the youth
This paper identifies key knowledge gaps on the issue of migration and commuting workers in India
