Tag: social security
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Women in the Informal Sector: A Saga of Constraints and Vulnerabilities
The advent of globalization and marketization has resulted in an emergent trend towards the ‘informalisation’ of the labor market. Policymakers have identified the income-generation potential and the significance of the informal sector as a source of jobs in adverse economic crises. However, the phenomena of globalization and the work sphere cannot be disassociated from their…
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The Policy Dialogue: Social Security Policies for Migrant Labour in India
We are organizing a virtual policy awareness and deliberation session on the subject of Social Policies for Migrant Labour in India. Date: 30th May 2020. Timings: 5:00 p.m. to 5:40 p.m. Event Portal: Zoom As a fall out of the recent pandemic, the life of migrant laborers has become a daily challenge accompanied by constant…
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Social Security Schemes in India: Empowering the Deprived?
By Prakhyati Upadhyay, GLC Mumbai. India’s social security system draws its inspiration from Articles 41, 42, 43 and 47, as enshrined in the Directive Principles of State Policy of our Constitution, which contain all the ingredients obliging the State to move towards the realization of socio-economic rights and in effect, meet the income security aspirations…