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This document contains the Act that provides for the social security and welfare of unorganised workers in India.
This Act, provides for compulsory reporting and verification of tenants and domestic and professional helps in the State of Sikkim and requires house owners to report tenancy of domestic workers and professional helps and to report employment and apply for verification.
Materials from China-India Labour Market Research Design Workshop, 2007
Abstract: This article summarizes findings obtained through ethnographic research conducted in three states in India between 2002 and 2004. On the basis of interviews with more than three hundred labor leaders, government officials, and working women, the author reports on the efforts of informal...
Presentation at WIEGO Colloquium, 'World Class Cities’ and the Urban Informal Economy: Inclusive Planning for the Working Poor
This document contains an Act to consolidate the laws relating to food and to establish the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India and to regulate their manufacture, storage, distribution, sale and import, to ensure availability of safe and wholesome food for human consumption.
When the output of a product that forms the basis of subsistence and social reproduction – as rice is for Asia – expands, the marketed surplus rises disproportionately to the growth rate of production. This implies that activities that once formed part and parcel of household labour activity...
This Policy document is aimed at the simplification of street vendor / hawker regulatory process in Andhra Preadesh.
Overview: India's economy over the last decade looks in many ways like a success story; after a major economic crisis in 1991, followed by bold reform measures, the economy has experienced a rapid economic growth rate, more foreign investment, and a boom in the information technology sector. Yet...
Videos / Slideshows / Audio
Millions of women work long hours, in dangerous conditions, for little pay. They are fighting for change, with the help of ILO Convention 189 on Decent Work for Domestic Workers. Watch this video to learn how.
Workers Education/Organizing Materials
This manual helps street vendors learn more about the regulations that govern public space and how to defend the right to work in public space. It describes successful actions taken by street vendor organizations. And it offers information to help you organize and negotiate with local government.
WIEGO Working Papers
Mike Rogan reviews how informal workers are taxed, why there is growing interest in taxing them, and whether they should be included in the tax net.