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"Yei Kaisi Aazadi Hei": Social Security Now Dedicates Jagjit Singh Song to the People of India
“Yei Kaisi Aazadi Hei” (What freedom is this?) the music video was dedicated to the people of India by Dr. Shanti Patel, a veteran freedom fighter and ex mayor of Mumbai, on 21 October 2008, at the ISKON Convention Centre, Juhu, Mumbai. .... More
Wailing Behind the Iron Bars of Dasna Jail…: The Innocents Wait for Justice
Sixty Three workers of Graziano Transmissioni India are behind the iron bars of Dasna Jail in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. Their crime, according to the authorities – the government, management and the police – is that they were party to the murder of 47 year old Lalit Kishore Choudhary, the CEO of their company. ... More
Labour and Budget
Labour Rights Deficits in the Service Sector
Jan-Feb 2008
editorial
Labour Rights Deficits in the Service Sector
The service sector in India has been a major cause for the growth of the Indian economy in the past decade, making the country one among the top ten, fastest growing economies in the world.
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cover story
Tired Souls, Sleepy Eyes, Aching Legs - All in a Day’s Work
......Bijoy Basant Patro

She is scared to speak. The consequence, she fears, is a summary sack. She does not know if someone has ever been thrown out for venting a grievance to the media. She has agreed to being called Purnima in our story....

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Wading Their Lives Through Ganges
Safai Karamcharis: Reinvented Untouchables in Modern India
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Article
Sectoral Changes and the Employment Scenario in the Indian Economy in the Time of Reforms ......Praveen Jha

There is little doubt that the Indian economy has sustained a high rate of growth of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) during the reform period. It is also quite clear that there has been some acceleration in this rate over time...

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Statistics
Employment Statistics (disaggregated)  

Employment Statistics (disaggregated) ...

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commentary
The State of Labour  ......Sharit K. Bhowmik

The past few years have been quite troubled for labour. The most striking feature is the shrinking of labour in the organised (formal) sector. The 2001 Census showed that the total labour force in the country was 402.51 million....

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Labour in Those Years
Unsung Episodes of 'Corporate Benevolence': Chronicling the TISCO Workers' Struggles in the 1920s  ......Babu P Remesh

The track record of the Tatas in the field of worker welfare is widely acknowledged in the literature and the discussions on industrial harmony. There is a proliferation of prose that narrates the corporate benevolence of the Tata fraternity,...

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Legal Diary
Part-Time, Regular Workers and Labour Laws  ......Rajasi A. Clerk

The concept of work is undergoing rapid change due to the integration of national economies. New forms of work are fast replacing the traditional concept of permanent, full-time work. ...

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