Tag: Labour
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Pottery, an underpaying profession, makes surviving a struggle in Delhi
By Richa Sharma, New Delhi : Thirty-two-year-old Geeta sits patiently, painting pots created by her husband in the small open porch in her house at Kumhar Gram or Potters’ Village that interestingly has managed to find space in West Delhi’s Uttam Nagar. Geeta says she desperately awaits for the Diwali season (October-November) every year, when…
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Big ticket labour reforms at last?
By Abhik Ghosh, A recent amendment to the Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Rules, 1946, has sparked excited debates by its proponents and critics alike. Some observers see the latest move as the ushering in of much promised big ticket reforms in the labour and employment sector. Employers generally have welcomed the development, whereas workers’ representatives…
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Labour reforms the antidote to India’s perpetual job crisis
By Amit Kapoor, The lack of jobs is beginning to haunt the Modi government. The Reserve Bank of India’s recent Consumer Confidence Survey shows that public perception is also beginning to take account of the fact that there are no jobs available in the economy. According to the survey, 43.7 percent of responders felt that…