Investigative study on the condition of Indian labour : myth or realities

Vol-4 | Issue-12 | December-2017 | Published Online: 05 December 2017    PDF ( 231 KB )
Author(s)
Arpita Chakraborty 1

1Department of Economics , Vidyasagar College, Kolkata -700006, West Bengal, , India (Affiliated to Calcutta University)

Abstract

The labour market structure assumes an indispensable part in chalking out the turn of events and development way of a nation. The work market polices, establishments, and examples of work thusly decide the structure of the work market. In this way, it is basic to comprehend and consider the work market structure. The Census of 2011 evaluations the absolute populace of India to be 1.21 billion (Census of India, 2011). Yet, the workforce support to populace proportion in India is at 56%, when contrasted with the world normal of practically 64%. This is primarily a result of low female work cooperation rate which remains at a simple 31%. Despite the fact that about 49% of laborers are occupied with the farming area in India, their commitment to yield was just 14% of complete GDP. We can't disregard the way that almost 92% of the laborers are consumed by casual work and have basically no social assurance, combined with exceptionally low wages (Institute for Human Development, 2014).

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