-Newsclick.in The study pointed out that women, who are more experienced, possess higher educational qualifications and belong to higher income groups, along with being upper caste and non-migrants. A study has found that one-fifth of the women working in Delhi’s informal sector migrated to the formal sector between 2010 and 2019. The study was conducted by the Institute for Human Development (IHD) on women employed in the informal sector in the national capital....
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PLFS data: What the numbers hide -Arup Mitra and Puneet Kumar Shrivastav
-The Hindu Business Line The sharp spike in Labour participation rates in the latest survey is difficult to reconcile with earlier years’ data The third periodic Labour force survey (PLFS) data for the year 2019-20 have been released recently. The biggest surprise is the increase in the Labour force and work force participation rates compared to the last two rounds of annual averages. Please click here to read more. ...
More »Dalit youth killed for seeking wage dues of 10kg rice in Nalanda -Dev Raj
-The Telegraph Prime accused Dinesh Mahto of Bahadurpur village — in the home district of chief minister Nitish Kumar — is in hiding, police said Patna: A Dalit youth died after being beaten, tied to bricks and thrown into a stream at a Bihar village on Sunday, allegedly for demanding the 10kg rice promised to him for a day’s Labour in a well-to-do farmer’s field. Prime accused Dinesh Mahto of Bahadurpur village in...
More »Poor wages, punishing hours, and lack of Labour rights make food delivery a thankless gig -Serish Nanisetti
-The Hindu Gig work is commonly described as the ‘future’ of employment, but its exploitation of delivery riders reveals a dark underbelly of low wages and no rights Receive order. Pick up food. Reach customer location. Deliver. Get ₹35 per batch and ₹20 per order. This was the daily drill for 20-something Varadarajan, a food delivery executive in April 2018, when he started working in Chennai. For each order, the distance was...
More »What’s behind the ‘improvement’ in employment situation in Labour force survey report -PC Mohanan
-ThePrint.in The improved employment scenario as per PLFS 2019-20 is restricted to women and is due to the increased percentage of rural women in the unpaid family worker category. The National Statistical Office (NSO) has recently released the third annual report of the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) for the year 2019-20 and also the quarterly estimates for urban areas based on the panel survey of urban households till June 2020. At...
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