Informal sector in India
Subtitle: perspectives and policies
By: edited by Amitabh Kundu, Alakh N. Sharma.
Contributors: Kundu, Amitabh, 1948-; Sharma, Alakh N.; Institute for Human Development (India); Institute of Applied Manpower Research (India)
Publisher: Institute for Human Development & Institute of Applied Manpower Research
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New Delhi
Language: eng
Number of pages: 440
Subjects: Informal sector (Economics) -- India -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Description: Selected papers presented at a seminar during 1997 in Delhi, India.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Part I: CONCEPTUAL AND METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES; title: 2. Information Base for the Informal Sector; title: S.S. Suryanarayanan; title: 3. Informal Sector in India: Its Coverage and Contributions; title: A.C. Kulshreshtha and Gulab Singh; title: Part II: TRENDS AND PATTERNS AT MACRO LEVEL; title: 4. Employment in the Informal Sector; title: Arup Mitra; title: 5. Growth Dynamics of Informal Manufacturing Sector; title: in Urban India: An Analysis of Interdependencies; title: Amitabh Kundu, N. Lalitha and Sant Lal Arora; title: 6. Wages and Employment in Unorganised Sector:; title: Issues in Wage Policy; title: Jeemol Unni; title: 7. Informalisation of Employment and Poverty in Ahmedabad; title: Darshini Mahadevia; title: 8. Scalar Linkages in Industries: Implications for; title: Productivity and Employment; title: Amita Shah; title: Part III: STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS AT MICRO LEVEL; title: 9. Workers and Earnings in Informal Manufacturing:; title: Evidence and Issuesinstimation; title: Keshab Das; title: 10. Manufacturing Activities in Urban Slums: A Case Study of; title: Sandal Making in Hyderabad; title: G. Swaroopa Rani and S. Galab; title: 11. Political Economy of Labour: A Case Study of Surgical; title: InstrumerrtsManufacturing Industry at Jalandhar, Punjab; title: Manjit Singh; title: 12. Powerlooms in Silk Weaving: Case Studies from Karnataka; title: Supriya Roy Choudhary; title: 13. Small Information Technology Services, Employment and; title: Entrepreneurship Development Some Explorations; title: into Indian Experience; title: Nagesh Kumar; title: 14. Informal Tourism Sector: Insights from Two Cities; title: Surjit Singh; title: 15. Linkage between Informal and Formal Sectors:; title: Some Findings from Micro-level Studies; title: Harjit S. Anand; title: Part IV: WOMEN IN INFORMAL SECTOR; title: 16. Urban Indian Women in Informal Employment:; title: Macro Trends in the Nineties; title: Jayati Ghosh; title: 17. Globalisation, Liberalisation and Women; title: Workers in the Informal Sector; title: U. Kalpagam; title: 18. Impact of Emerging Labour Market on Women and; title: Their Households: A Tale of Three Slums in Mumbai; title: Sudha Deshpande; title: 19. Unorganised Women in an Urban Setting:; title: Opportunities and Challenges; title: Martin Patrick; title: Part V: SUPPORT SYSTEM; title: 20. Technology and Training for Informal Sector:; title: Need for New Initiatives; title: Rajendra P. Mamgain and .C. Awasthi; title: 21. Meeting the Credit Needs of the Micro Enterprise Sector:; title: Issues in Focus; title: Tara Nair; title: 22. Moving Towards People-centred Economy; title: Ela R.Bhatt; title: Part VI: SOCIAL PROTECTION AND ORGANISATION; title: 23. Social Security for Workers in Unorganised Sector; title: T.S. Sankaran; title: 24. Organising Informal Sector Workers; title: Navin Chandra and Surendra Pratap; title: Contributors; title: List of Abbreviations; title: Index.