Globalization, Labour Market Institutions, Processes and Policies in India : Essays in Honour of Lalit K. Deshpande

This book explores the effects of product market and labour market reforms on firms, labour institutions and labour rights in the economic and industrial relations system in India. India has over the years liberalized its economy through a broad range of reforms concerning the product market and complementing these it has also sought to reform the labour market and the industrial relations system. The book assesses the impact of these reforms on both the formal and informal labour markets in India, critically examines the labour processes and uncovers/describes precarious conditions of labour in various industries and occupations, and analyzes the dynamics involved in the making of industrial, employment and labour policies in contemporary India.-- Provided by publisher Front Matter ....Pages i-lxvi Introduction: Towards an Understanding of Informality and Precarity and of Some Institutional Developments and Challenges in Labour Markets and Industrial Relations in a Globalizing India (K. R. Shyam Sundar)....Pages 1-43 Front Matter ....Pages 45-45 What Do We Know About Firms in the Informal Manufacturing Sector in India? (Rajesh Raj S. N., Kunal Sen)....Pages 47-86 Exploring the Pattern of Trade Union Activity in the Indian Manufacturing Sector (Jaivir Singh, Deb Kusum Das, Kumar Abhishek, Prateek Kukreja)....Pages 87-107 Labour Regulations and Informalization of Industrial Labour in India (Bishwanath Goldar, Suresh Chand Aggarwal)....Pages 109-141 Precarious Work, Globalization and Informalization of Workforce: Empirical Evidence from India (Rahul Suresh Sapkal, Nilamber Chhetri)....Pages 143-164 Front Matter ....Pages 165-165 Emerging Vulnerabilities in India’s Plantation Economy (M. Vijayabaskar, P. K. Viswanathan)....Pages 167-186 Informality in the Indian Automobile Industry (Timothy Kerswell, Surendra Pratap)....Pages 187-209 Precarious Flexibilities: Employment Relations in the Indian Information Technology Industry (Secki P. Jose)....Pages 211-233 Representations of Insecurities and the Quest for Voice Among Information Technology Personnel (Jerome Joseph)....Pages 235-256 Indian Freelancers in the Platform Economy: Prospects and Problems (Premilla D’Cruz, Ernesto Noronha)....Pages 257-276 Non-standard Employment, Labour Laws and Social Security: Learning from the US Gig Economy Debate (K. V. Ramaswamy)....Pages 277-299 Redemption of Building and Construction Workers in India: Will-O’-The-Wisp? (Vasantkumar N. Hittanagi)....Pages 301-320 The Language of Employment Contract: Paid Domestic Work Practices and Relations ( Neetha N.)....Pages 321-340 An Ongoing Battle for Rights: The Case of Anganwadi Workers with Special Reference to Maharashtra (Suchita Krishnaprasad, Karan Peer)....Pages 341-367 Front Matter ....Pages 369-369 Labour Rights in Globalizing World and India (D. Narasimha Reddy)....Pages 371-400 Is There a Fix for Industrial Relations? (E. A. Ramaswamy)....Pages 401-419 Reflections for Unionization in a Globalized World: Evidences of a Converging Divergence (Girish Balasubramanian)....Pages 421-440 Front Matter ....Pages 441-441 The Dynamic Nature of Jobless Growth in India (Vinoj Abraham)....Pages 443-470 Labour Market in Kerala: Examining the Role of Industrial and Employment Policies (Jayan Jose Thomas, M. P. Jayesh)....Pages 471-498 What Employment Policy for a Globalized India? (Sher S. Verick)....Pages 499-520 Dynamics of Reforms of Labour Market and the Industrial Relations System in India (K. R. Shyam Sundar)....Pages 521-544