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India's Employment Challenge
Author: The World Bank,
Publisher: OUP India
Published: 2010-03-11
Total Pages: 210
ISBN-13: 9780198063513
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This report assesses developments in the Indian labour market - both formal and informal - and identifies key challenges for the future. It also provides prescriptive outcomes for improving labour market outcomes.
India's Employment Challenges and the Demand for Skills
Employment in India
Author: Ajit Kumar Ghose
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2019-09-20
Total Pages: 140
ISBN-13: 0190990066
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Over the last two decades, a fascinating growth story has unfolded in India. Yet, the improvement in material conditions for the country’s vast majority has not kept pace with that growth. This is mainly because India is still grappling with poor employment conditions and widespread unemployment. However, there is not much clarity on the exact nature of this problem and the steps required to tackle it. This short introduction addresses this lack of information. Reviewing the evolution of employment conditions in India since Independence, this volume underscores the linkages between it and economic growth and development. It not only clearly outlines the contours of the employment challenge that India is now confronted with but also discusses viable ways of overcoming this hurdle.
The Challenge of Employment in India: Main report
Author: Arjun Sengupta
Publisher:
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9788171887774
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This is the final report of the National Commission for Enterprises in the Unorganised Sector, which was set up by the Government of India on 20th September 2004 under the chairmanship of Dr. Arjun K. Sengupta to review the status of unorganized/informal sector in India including the nature of enterprises, their size, spread and scope, and magnitude of employment. This was the first step taken towards fulfilling the commitment of the new UPA government to ensure the welfare and well-being of all workers, particularly those in the unorganised sector, who constitute more than 93% of our workforce (likely to be around 502 million by 2012 as the Commission estimates). During the four and a half year of its existence, the Commission examined in detail all the literature and statistical evidence that exists on this sector, held numerous consultations with different stakeholders, such as government officials and policy makers at the Centre and in the States, trade unions and associations of workers representatives, civil society organisations, academics and experts. This final report on `The Challenge of Employment in India: An Informal Economy Perspective` is now presented as an overarching report based on all the earlier work of the Commission, to provide a perspective and strategy for expanding employment in India. The report takes an aggregative perspective of what the Commission calls the central problem of the challenge of employment namely, deficit in its quantity and quality. The comprehensive report also examines the issue of labour market reforms in India. The most important conclusion that follows from the findings of the Commission is that all efforts to improve the quantity and quality of employment in the unorganised sector would require a new approach to economic planning in India. The report offers numerous suggestions and concrete recommendations towards attaining the objective of `maximizing employment` and ensuring inclusive growth.
The Transition from Graduation to Work
Author: Subas Dhakal
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2018-08-26
Total Pages: 263
ISBN-13: 9811309744
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book reports on the findings from a research study of vocational and higher education graduates’ employability challenges. The nature and extent of these challenges, their underlying causes, and effective strategies to address the problems in this area are all analysed from a multiple-stakeholder paradigm. The primary focus of the book is on governments; secondary, vocational, and higher education systems; and industry employers - rather than graduates themselves - in order to highlight the policy and strategy implications for governments, industry and educational systems. Readers will acquire comprehensive information on the nature and extent of graduate employability in terms of country-specific challenges, together with a deeper understanding of their complex causes, and the inter-relatedness between governments, educational systems, industry sectors, and potential employers. They will also be provided with a broad range of stakeholder strategies designed to effectively address these challenges within integrated national and regional approaches.
Export Challenges and Strategies in Indian Industry
Author: S. Shanmugasundaram
Publisher: I K International Pvt Ltd
Published: 2012-10-15
Total Pages: 250
ISBN-13: 9381141932
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Entering an export business requires careful planning, management commitment, knowledge on capital and market know-how, competitive pricing strategy and access to quality products. Export Challenges and Strategies in Indian Industry covers a wide range of topics relating to export business in India, viz., production challenges, procurement challenges, technological challenges, cost challenges, supply chain challenges, HR challenges, financial challenges, quality challenges, research & development challenges, international pricing challenges, infrastructure challenges, government policy challenges, international packing and marketing challenges, export shipping challenges, export marketing, WTO related issues, trade and non-trade barriers, market survey, India’s export potential, export competitiveness, market-related issues, policy issues, issues from Indian standard, issues relating to foreign direct investment, labour issues, and so on. This volume is an attempt to augment the existing resources on export business.
Health, Safety and Well-Being of Workers in the Informal Sector in India
Author: Sigamani Panneer
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2019-07-25
Total Pages: 297
ISBN-13: 9811384215
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book focuses on the core problems of occupational health, safety and well-being of workers in the informal sector in developing countries, where it accounts for most of the rural labour force and a substantial percentage of the urban labour force. The sector is characterised by low incomes, unstable employment and lack of protection in the form of legislation/policies or trade unions. Though some health and problem-solving measures have been introduced, a focused academic effort to address the problems confronting workers in the unorganised sector, or informal economy, is lacking. The book evaluates workers’ physical and mental health in the context of labour migration, social inclusion of minorities and the differently abled, provisions for women workers, demonetisation, occupational safety for hazardous work, and in connection with various areas of informal work, e.g. agriculture, construction, transportation, sanitation, tanning, the tobacco industry, powerloom industry, surrogacy, and self-employment. It provides a well-rounded description of an analytical reflection on the challenges these workers face and focuses on social policy changes to help alleviate them. Accordingly, it offers a valuable asset for researchers and students interested in development studies, the sociology of work, health and labour economics, public health, and social work.
Development Challenges of India After Twenty Five Years of Economic Reforms
Author: Nripendra Kishore Mishra
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2020-10-14
Total Pages: 469
ISBN-13: 9811582653
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book revisits some of the persisting challenges of development of India, which remain unresolved even after twenty-five years of economic reforms and almost fifteen years of high growth rate. These include defining purpose of development, inequality, labour, work, unemployment, agrarian distress and migration. The book questions the overemphasis on growth to the extent of neglecting basic issues of development. With a number of contributions re-imagining development and its political economy, the book discusses above mentioned issues in light of new data and more recent conceptions of the issues. The contributors of this volume are eminent researchers in their respective field. Presenting primary as well as secondary data, the book considers the latest advances and research and also addresses new challenges like the global reorganization of production and the consequences for labour and the world of work, along with skills question. World of work has received detailed investigation in this book. This is a timely addition in existing literature especially in context of pandemic and lockdown. Informality and un/employment question is addressed in this context. Relationship among poverty, inequality and growth is examined in light of newer understanding. Agrarian distress is looked in a broader context. A number of papers are examining migration question by expanding coverage of migration and including labour mobility as apart of migration debate. The present crisis of migrant labour and absence of social security for these workers is also discussed. This book is primarily intended for those interested in recent advances on some of the basic aspects of development, like poverty, inequality, informality, word of work, migration and labour mobility. It is also useful for researchers, policy makers, journalists and civil society organizations working on these issues.
India's Skills Challenge
Author: Santosh K. Mehrotra
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2014
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780199452774
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"Although India is one of the largest economies in the world, its skill challenges are huge. Despite the tremendous growth and diversification, over half of India's population lacks primary education. Only a fraction of people possess any formal or vocational education and training (VET). Based on primary surveys of vocational training providers and enterprises, this book is a first to provide a comprehensive agenda of reforms to improve the employability of India's youth."--Résumé de l'éditeur.
