THE INDIAN SOCIETY OF LABOUR ECONOMICS

59th ANNUAL CONFERENCE

16 -18 December 2017

Programme

Organised by

Gulati Institute of Finance and Taxation (GIFT) Thiruvananthapuram

in collaboration with

Department of Economics, Kerala University Thiruvananthapuram

and Centre for Development Studies

Thiruvananthapuram

PLENARY SESSIONS AND PANELS

Pages 5 -16TECHNICAL SESSIONS

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PROGRAMME IN BRIEF

SATURDAY, 16 DECEMBER 2017

0800 onwards : REGISTRATION Venue: Entrance to the Auditorium

0900 – 0945 : INAUGURAL SESSION Venue: Auditorium

Welcome : Professor D. Narayana Organising Secretary, 59th ISLE Annual Conference and Director, Gulati Institute for Finance and Taxation (GIFT) Thiruvananthapuram

Remarks : Professor Deepak Nayyar President, ISLE; Professor Emeritus, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi

Professor S. Mahendra Dev Conference President, 59th ISLE Conference and Director and Vice Chancellor, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), Mumbai Address by the : Dr. T. M. Thomas IsaacGuest of Honour Hon’ble Minister for Finance, Government of Kerala and Chairman, Board of Governors, GIFT, Tiruvananthapuram

Inaugural Address by : Shri Pinarayi Vijayanthe Chief Guest Hon’ble Chief Minister Government of Kerala

Vote of Thanks : Professor Alakh N. Sharma Director, Institute for Human Development (IHD), Delhi & Editor, Indian Journal of Labour Economics

0945 – 1000 : TEA 1000 – 1100 : PLENARY SESSION 1: ADDRESS BY THE 59th ISLE CONFERENCE PRESIDENT Venue: Auditorium

Chairperson : Ajit Ghose National Fellow, Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) and Honorary Professor, IHD, Delhi

Address by : S. Mahendra Devthe 59th ISLE Conference Director and Vice Chancellor, Indira Gandhi Institute of President Development Research (IGIDR), Mumbai

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1100 – 1300 : PLENARY SESSION 2: PRESENTATION OF KEYNOTE PAPERS Venue: Auditorium

Chairperson : S. Mahendra Dev Conference President, 59th ISLE Conference and Director and Vice Chancellor, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), Mumbai Presentations : Theme 1: Informality and Labour Markets Jeemol Unni Professor, Amrut Mody School of Management Ahmedabad University, Ahmedabad Theme 2: Macro-Economic Policies and Employment Sukti Dasgupta Chief, Employment and Labour Markets Branch ILOOffice,Geneva Theme 3: Technological Change and Employment Mario Pianta University of Urbino Carlo Bo, Italy

1300 – 1400 : LUNCH Venue: GIFT Campus

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1400 – 1545 : THEMATIC PRESENTATIONS Theme 1: Informality and Labour Markets Venue: Class Room 501, Fourth Floor

Theme 2: Macro-Economic Policies and Employment Venue: Class Room 601, Fifth Floor

Theme 3: Technological Change and Employment Venue: Class Room 602, Fifth Floor

1545 – 1600 : TEA 1600 – 1800 : PARALLEL TECHNICAL SESSIONS AND PANEL DISCUSSION

Technical Session 1.1: Informality and Labour Markets Venue: Class Room 501, Fourth Floor

Technical Session 2.1: Macro-Economic Policies and Employment Venue: Class Room 601, Fifth Floor

Technical Session 3.1: Technological Change and Employment Venue: Class Room 602, Fifth Floor

Technical Session 1.2: Informality and Labour Markets Venue: Class Room 502, Fourth Floor

Technical Session 2.2: Macro-Economic Policies and Employment Venue: Class Room-1, Ground Floor

1600 – 1800 : PANEL DISCUSSION The Regional Dimensions of Labour Market Inequality Venue: Board Room, Ground Floor

Chairperson : Ravi Srivastava Professor, Centre for Study in Regional Development JNU, New Delhi

Panelists : Gerry Rodgers Visiting Professor, IHD, Delhi and Former Director, International Institute of Labour Studies, Geneva Jeemol Unni Professor, Amrut Mody School of Management Ahmedabad University, Ahmedabad

A.V. Jose Professor, GIFT, Thiruvananthapuram Yiu Por (Vincent) Chen Visiting Professor, School of Global Policy and Strategy University of California, San Diego

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Amitabh Kundu Visiting Professor, IHD, Delhi and Former Professor, JNU, New Delhi

1800 – 1900 : PLENARY SESSION 3: V. B. SINGH MEMORIAL LECTURE Venue: Auditorium

Chairperson : Gerry Rodgers Visiting Professor, IHD, Delhi and Former Director International Institute of Labour Studies, Geneva

Lecture by : Professor Ravindra H. Dholakia Professor, Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad

Topic : Estimating the Labour Quality Index in India

1900 – 2030 : CULTURAL PROGRAMME Venue: Open Space and the GIFT Entry & Auditorium

2030 : DINNER Venue: GIFT Campus

2130 : Transport Returns for Residences and Hotel

SUNDAY, 17 DECEMBER 2017

0830 – 0930 : ISLE GENERAL BODY MEETING Venue: Auditorium

0930 – 1130 : PARALLEL TECHNICAL SESSIONS AND PANEL DISCUSSIONS

Technical Session 1.3: Informality and Labour Markets Venue: Class Room 501, Fourth Floor Technical Session 2.3: Macro-Economic Policies and Employment Venue: Class Room 502, Fourth Floor

Technical Session 3.2: Technological Change and Employment Venue: Class Room 601, Fifth Floor

Technical Session 1.4: Informality and Labour Markets Venue: Class Room 602, Fifth Floor

Technical Session 1.5: Informality and Labour Markets Venue: Board Room, Ground Floor

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0930 – 1130 : PANEL DISCUSSION: Demographic Transition and Challenge of Employment in Kerala Venue: Auditorium

Chairperson : Achin Chakraborty Professor of Economics and Director, Institute of Development Studies, Kolkata (IDSK)

Theme Presentation : K. P. Kannan Chairman, Laurie Baker Centre for Habitat Studies Thiruvananthapuram

Panelists : Michael Tharakan Chairman, Kerala Council of Historical Research Thiruvananthapuram Sumangala Damodaran Professor, School of Development Studies Ambedkar University, Delhi

Suneeta Krishnan Country Lead, Measurement, Learning and Evaluation at Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

1130 – 1145 : TEA

1145 – 1245 : PLENARY SESSION 4: RADHAKAMAL MUKHERJEE MEMORIAL LECTURE Venue: Auditorium

Chairperson : Rizwanul Islam Former Special Adviser, Employment Sector InternationalLabourOffice,Geneva

Lecture : Abhijit Sen Former Member, Planning Commission

Topic : Revisiting the Informal Sector

1245– 1345 : LUNCH 1345 – 1545 : ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION AND BOOK LAUNCH Venue: Auditorium Round Table Discussion on Meeting the Employment Challenge in South Asia & Release of the Book “Employment, Social Protection and Inclusive Growth in South Asia”

(edited by Dev Nathan and Akhilesh K. Sharma and published by South Asia Press and IHD under the auspices of SARNET) Organised by SARNET and SACEPS with support from the ILO and the Asia Foundation

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Chairperson : Deepak Nayyar President, Indian Society of Labour Economics and Former Vice-Chancellor, University of Delhi Introduction to SACEPS and SARNET Programmeson Employment Challengein South Asia : Sachin Chaturvedi Director General, Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS), New Delhi

Alakh N. Sharma Director, IHD, Delhi and Editor, Indian Journal of Labour Economics

Lead Presentations : Mustafizur Rahman Distinguished Fellow, Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) Bangladesh

Posh Raj Pandey Executive Chairman, SAWTEE, Nepal

S. K. Mohanty and Dr. Sabyasachi Saha RIS, New Delhi

Sunil Chandrasiri Professor & Former Dean, Faculty of Graduate Studies University of Colombo, Sri Lanka

Panelists : Amb. Dago Tshering Former Ambassador of Bhutan to India K.J. Joseph Professor, Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvanathapuram

Nomaan Majid Senior Employment Specialist Decent Work Technical Team - South Asia, ILO

Prakash K. Shrestha Director, Nepal Rashtra Bank Kathmandu, Nepal

Dilli Raj Khanal Founder Chairman, Institute of Policy Research and Development (IRPAD), Kathmandu, Nepal

Rizwanul Islam Former Special Adviser, Employment Sector InternationalLabourOffice,Geneva

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Selim Raihan Department of Economics, University of Dhaka & Executive Director, SANEM, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Md. Muqtada Former Director Policy Planning, Employment Sector ILO, Geneva

Ganga Tilakratna Research Fellow, Institute of Policy Studies, Sri Lanka

1345 – 1545 : PARALLEL WORKSHOP SESSIONS Workshop Session 1 Venue: Class Room 501, Fourth Floor

Workshop Session 2 Venue: Class Room 601, Fifth Floor

Workshop Session 3 Venue: Class Room 602, Fifth Floor

1545– 1600 : TEA

1600 – 1700 : PLENARY SESSION 5: K.N. RAJ MEMORIAL LECTURE Venue: Auditorium

Chairperson : Suneeta Krishnan Country Lead, Measurement, Learning and Evaluation at Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Lecture by : T.M. Thomas Isaac Hon’ble Minister of Finance Government of Kerala

Topic : Employment and Development in Kerala: Progress and Prospects

1700 : DEPARTURE FOR KOVALAM

1830 : LAUNCH OF BOOKS AND DINNER Venue: Hotel Samudra, Kovalam Beach * Book on “GROWTH AND INEQUALITY: THE CONTRASTING TRAJECTORIES OF INDIA AND BRAZIL” By Alexander De Freitas Barbosa, Maria Cristina Cacciamali and Gerry Rodgers (Published by Cambridge University Press in association with Institute for Human Development, Delhi)

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Reflections on the Book Gerry Rodgers Visiting Professor, IHD, Delhi and Former Director, International Institute of Labour Studies, Geneva (Co-author of the book)

* Book on “ DEVELOPMENT WITH GLOBAL VALUE CHAINS: UPGRADING AND INNOVATION IN ASIA” (Edited by Dev Nathan, Meenu Tewari and Sandip Sarkar and published by Cambridge University Press in association with Institute for Human Development, Delhi)

Reflections on the Book Dev Nathan Visiting Professor, IHD, Delhi (Co-editor of the book) MONDAY, 18 DECEMBER 2017

0900 – 1115 : PARALLEL TECHNICAL SESSIONS AND PANEL DISCUSSION

: PARALLEL TECHNICAL SESSIONS Technical Session 1.6: Informality and Labour MarketsVenue Class Room 501, Fourth Floor

Technical Session 2.4: Macro-Economic Policies and EmploymentVenue : Class Room 601, Fifth Floor

Technical Session 3.3: Technological Change and Employment Venue: Class Room 502, Fourth Floor

Technical Session 2.5: Macro-Economic Policies and Employment Venue: Class room 602, Fifth Floor

Technical Session 1.7: Informality and Labour Markets Venue: Class Room 1, Ground Floor

0900 – 1115 : PANEL DISCUSSION The Fourth Industrial Revolution and Employment (Organised by Center for Development Alternatives Ahmedabad and IHD, Delhi) Venue: Auditorium

Chairperson : Indira Hirway Director Centre for Development Alternatives, Ahmedabad

Theme Presentation : Ajit Ghose National Fellow, ICSSR and Honorary Professor, IHD, Delhi

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Panelists : Johann Ivanov Deputy Representative and Program Director, Social Justice Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung(FES),IndiaOffice

N.S.Siddharthan Director, Forum for Global Knowledge Sharing and Hon. Professor of Economics, Madras School of Economics Chennai

Ajit Ranade Chief Economist, Aditya Birla Group

Keshab Das Professor, Gujarat Institute of Development Research Ahmedabad

Gaurav Nayyar Senior Economist, Trade & Competitiveness, Global Practice The World Bank

1115 – 1130 : TEA

1130 – 1230 : PLENARY SESSION 6: V.V. GIRI MEMORIAL LECTURE Venue: Auditorium

Chairperson : J. Krishnamurty Visiting Professor, IHD, Delhi and Former Senior Economist, ILO

Lecture : Nitin Desai Former Under-Secretary General, United Nations and Former Chief Economic Advisor, Government of India

Topic : Work and Welfare

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1230 – 1330 : VALEDICTORY SESSION Venue: Auditorium

Welcome : Professor D. Narayana Organising Secretary, 59th ISLE Annual Conference and Director, GIFT, Thiruvananthapuram

Remarks : Professor S. Mahendra Dev 59th ISLE Conference President and Director and Vice Chancellor Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR) Mumbai

Highlights of the Conference Deliberations : Professor A.V. Jose Professor, GIFT, Thiruvananthapuram

Valedictory Address : Shri. T. P. Ramakrishnan Minister for Labour and Excise, Government of Kerala

Closing Remarks : Professor Alakh N. Sharma Director, IHD, Delhi and Editor, Indian Journal of Labour Economics

Vote of Thanks : Professor Vinoj Abraham Associate Conference Coordinator Centre for Development Studies Thiruvananthapuram

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1430 : LOCAL SIGHT SEEING AND DEPARTURE OF DELEGATES

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DETAILS OF TECHNICAL SESSIONS

DAY 1: SATURDAY, 16 DECEMBER 2017

THEMATIC PRESENTATIONS Time: 1400 -1545

Thematic Presentation 1: Informality and Labour Markets Venue: Class Room 501 (Fourth Floor)

Chairperson : Amitabh Kundu Visiting Professor, Instute for Human Development (IHD), Delhi and Former Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) New Delhi

Discussant : Nomaan Majid Senior Employment Specialist Decent Work Technical Team - South Asia, International Labour Organization

Presentations : Formal Employers and Informal Workers: On a Growing Divide in Indian Manufacturing Jayan Jose Thomas, Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi and Member, Kerala State Planning Board

Class Relations and Axes of Social Oppression in Contemporary Capitalism: Agrarian Change and Conjugated Oppression in India Jens Lerche, School of African and Oriental Studies (SOAS), University of London Alpa Shah, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, London School of Economics (LSE)

Labour Law and Governance Reforms: A Retrogressive Step towards More Informality? K.R. Shyam Sundar, Professor, XLRI, Xavier School of Management, Jamshedpur

Wage Employment, Informality and Social Networkers in Labour Market Rajendra P. Mamgain, Giri Institute of Development Studies, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

Rectifying the Invisibility of Women’s Work: Evidence from a Few Villages and Slums Aasha Kapur Mehta, Professor, Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi

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Thematic Presentation 2: Macro-Economic Policies and Employment Venue: Class Room 601 (Fifth Floor) | Time: 1400 -1545

Chairperson : Sudipto Mundle Emeritus Professor, National Institute of Public and Finance Policy (NIPFP), New Delhi

Discussant : Md. Muqtada Former Director, Policy Planning, Employment Sector International Labour Organization (ILO), Geneva

Presentations : Fiscal Consolidation, Growth and Employment: International Evidence and Implications for India Iyanatul Islam, Adjunct Professor, Griffith Asia Institute Griffith University and Former Branch Chief, ILO, Geneva

The “Missing Middle” Problem in Indian Manufacturing: What Role Do Institutions Play? Kunal Sen, Professor, School of Environment, Education, and Development, University of Manchester, United Kingdom S. N. Rajesh Raj, Associate professor, Department of Economics Sikkim University, Sikkim Macroeconomic Policy and Employment: A Development Perspective Rizwanul Islam, Former Special Adviser, Employment Sector, ILO, Geneva Economic Growth and Employment: An HD Based Approach Sarthi Acharya, Visiting Professor, Institute for Human Development, Delhi Trade and Employment in Bangladesh Selim Raihan, Department of Economics, University of Dhaka and Executive Director, South Asian Network on Economic Modeling (SANEM), Dhaka, Bangladesh Thematic Presentation 3: Technological Change and EmploymentVenue: Class Room 602 (Fifth Floor) | Time: 14:00-1545

Chairperson : Mario Pianta University of Urbino Carlo Bo, Italy

Discussant : Uma Rani Senior Development Economist, ILO, Geneva

Presentations : Technological Change, Automation and Employment: A Short Review of Theory and Evidence K.V. Ramaswamy, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), Mumbai, Maharashtra

Technological Change and Employment: Creative Destruction Dev Nathan, Visiting Professor, Institute for Human Development, Delhi

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Public Employment Service in India: Technology based Solutions to Institutional Challenges Vinoj Abraham, Associate Professor, Centre for Development Studies (CDS) Trivandrum S.K. Sasikumar, V.V. Giri National Labour Institute, NOIDA

Technology and Labour Market: Insights from Indian Manufacturing Sector Rajarshi Majumder, Professor, Department of Economics University of Burdwan, West Bengal

Technology, Productivity and Employment : An Empirical Analysis of Indian Industries Suresh Chand Aggarwal, Former Professor and Head Department of Business Economics, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi

PARALLEL TECHNICAL SESSIONS

Technical Session 1.1: Informality and Labour MarketsVenue: Class Room 501(Fourth Floor) | Time: 1600-1800 Chairperson : Sarthi Acharya Visiting Professor, Institute for Human Development, Delhi Discussants : Indira Hirway Director, Centre for Development Alternatives, Ahmedabad

: Ganga Tilakratna Research Fellow, Institute of Policy Studies, Sri Lanka

Presentations : Who Does the Housework? Women’s Participation in Domestic Duties and Paid Employment in India Ellina Samantroy, Fellow, V.V. Giri National Labour Institute, Noida, Uttar Pradesh Labour Regulations and Informalization in the Organised Textile and Clothing Industry in India Seema Bathla, Professor, CSRD, JNU, New Delhi Prateek Kukreja, Research Assistant, ICRIER, New Delhi Indian ‘Staffing Industry’: Flexibility and Third Party Recruiters in Formal Sector Bhim Reddy, Fellow, IHD, Delhi Shantanu Kant Dubey, Research Assistant, IHD, Delhi Tarini J. Shipurkar, Research Assistant, IHD, Delhi. How Formal is the Employment in India: A Social Group based Analysis Swati Dutta, Associate Fellow, IHD, Delhi

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Women Workers and Informal Employment in India: An Analysis from 68th NSSO Data, 2011-12 Sita Lama, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics University of Burdwan, West Bengal Rajarshi Majumder, Professor, Department of Economics University of Burdwan, West Bengal Gender Norms, Unpaid Women and Informality in Rural India: Quantifying the Time Use Anup K Mishra, Assistant Professor in Economics, DAV PG College BHU, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh Santosh K Singh, Post Doctoral Fellow, CSRD, JNU Wendy Olsen, Professor in Socio Economics, University of Manchester China’s Labour Dispatch System T G Suresh, JNU, New Delhi Technical Session 2.1: Macro-Economic Policies and EmploymentVenue: Class Room 601 (Fifth Floor) | Time: 1600-1800

Chairperson : Sachin Chaturvedi Director General Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS) New Delhi

Discussants : Selim Raihan Department of Economics, University of Dhaka and Executive Director, South Asian Network on Economic Modeling (SANEM), Dhaka, Bangladesh

: Sunil Chandrasiri Department of Economics, University of Colombo Sri Lanka

Presentations : Macroeconomics Policies and Employment Patterns in Generation: Nepalese Experience & Perspectives Dilli Raj Khanal, Professor and Chairman, Institute of Policy Research and Development, Nepal Prakash Shrestha, Director, Nepal Rashtra Bank Kathmandu

Structural Transformation and Inclusive Growth in India N R Bhanumurthy, Professor, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP,) New Delhi Macro-Economic Policies and Employment in Developing Countries Biswajit Chatterjee, Retired Professor of Economics Jadavpur University,Kolkata, West Bengal Neo-liberal Macroeconomic Policy and its Impact on Employment and Livelihood: An Evaluative Approach Surinder Kumar, Director, Giri Institute of Development Studies, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh Shivakar Tiwari, Research Assistant, Giri Institute of Development Studies, Lucknow

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Outward FDI, Cross-Border M&As and Home-country Employment: Indian Evidence Beena P.L., Associate Professor, CDS, Trivandrum

Fumbling Schemes of Skill Development in India Siddhartha K. Rastogi, Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Management Indore, Madhya Pradesh Kajari Mukherjee, Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Management Indore, Madhya Pradesh

Trade Liberalisation, Capital Intensive Export and Informalisation: A Case study of India’s Manufacturing Export Sonal Dsouza, Ph.D Scholar, Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi Panchendra Naik, Ph.D Scholar, Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum

Impact of Firm’s Income Tax Reduction on Employment: Identification Through the Corporate Income Tax Reform in China Abhinav Alakshendra, Assistant professor, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Florida, U.S.A. Sixia Chen, Associate professor, School of Public Finance and Taxation, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law Ziming Li, Ph.D. candidate, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Florida, U.S.A. Shengfeng Lu, Associate professor, School of Economics and Management, Wuhan University, China

Technical Session 3.1: Technological Change and EmploymentVenue: Class Room 602 (Fifth Floor) | Time: 1600 - 1800

Chairperson : Sunil Mani Director, Centre for Development Studies Thiruvananthapuram

Discussants : Vinoj Abraham Associate Professor, Centre for Development Stuidies, Thiruvananthapuram Rajarshi Majumder Professor, Department of Economics University of Burdwan, West Bengal

Presentations : Labour Displacement Potential Of Technology Adoption: Firm-level Evidence From Indian Manufacturing Industry Sandeep Kumar Kujur, Assistant Professor, Institute of Public Enterprise, Hyderabad Are Electronic Welfare Payments Solving the Problem of Massive Rural Unemployment? Evidence from Three Districts of Barak Valley Region of Assam. Rajshree Bedamatta, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati

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Harish Chandra, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati Technological Change, Skill Supply and Wage Distribution: Comparison of High Technology and Low Technology Industries in India Hansa Jain, Associate Professor, Sardar Patel Institute of Economic and Social Research Ahmedabad, , Gujarat Employment Polarization in Germany: Role of Technology, Trade and Human Capital Ipsita Roy, Post-doctoral Fellow, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi Davide Consoli, Ramon y Cajal Research Fellow CSIC-UPV (INGENIO), Valencia, Spain A Methodological Prescription for Forecasting the Job Growth for the Labor Market in India: Using Multiple Sources of Data and Machine Learning Techniques Tutan Ahmed, Consultant, World Bank, New Delhi The Effect of Access to Information and Communication Technology on Household Labor Income: Evidence from One Laptop Per Child in Uruguay Jaoquin Marandino , Universidad Torcuato Di Tella Argentina, Argentina Phanindra V Wunnava, Department of Economics Middlebury College and IZA

Technical Session 1.2: Informality and Labour MarketsVenue: Class Room 502 (Fourth Floor) | Time: 1600-1800

Chairperson : Sanjay Prasad Principal Secretary to the Government of Gujarat Discussants : Ritu Dewan President, Indian Association for Women’s Studies and Director, Centre for Development Research and Action Nisha Srivastava Professor of Economics, University of Allahbad

Presentations : Cards and Carriers: Migration, Identification and Surveillance in Kerala Mythri Prasad, Associate Fellow, IHD, Delhi

Understanding Informal Solid Waste Management in India under Swachh Bharat Abhiyan Somjita Laha, Fellow, IHD, Delhi

Does Invisible Home based Workforce Countable in Indian Labour Force? Evidence from Neo-liberal Periods Pushpendra Singh, PhD Research Fellow, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

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Falguni Pattanaik, Assistant Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee What if Occupations are Classified as Denoting Some Skills? Skill-Mapping of Indian states N K Mishra, Professor, Department of Economics, Banaras Hindu University, India M. Satish Kumar, Director Internationalisation, School of Natural and Built Environment, Queen’s University Belfast,, Northern Ireland Tulika Tripathi, Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Chicago, USA Gender based Comparative Analysis of Workers Participation in Agriculture in Rural areas of Uttarakhand: A Study of Sahaspur Development Block Prashant Kandari, Assistant Professor, HNB Garhwal University, Pauri Uttarakhand Rukmani, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics Pauri Campus, HNB Garhwal University, Uttarakhand Underemployment in India: Measurement and Analysis Subrata Mukherjee, Associate Professor of Economics, Institute of Development Studies Kolkata, West Bengal Indrani Chakraborty, Professor of Economics, Institute of Development Studies Kolkata, West bengal Dipankar Coondoo, Professor of Economics, Institute of Development Studies Kolkata, West Bengal

Women in Informal Economy: The Case Of Feminisation Of Agriculture in Arunachal Pradesh Vandana Upadhyay, Professor, Rajiv Gandhi University, Itanagar Arunachal Pradesh Dol Bahadur Thapa, Ph.D. Research Scholar, Rajiv Gandhi University Itanagar

Technical Session 2.2: Macro Economic Policies and EmploymentVenue: Class Room-1, (Ground Floor) | Time: 1600 - 1800

Chairperson : D. N. Reddy Visiting Professor, IHD, Delhi and former Professor of Economics, University of Hyderabad Discussants : Kunal Sen Professor of Development Economics, Global Development Institute School of Environment, Education and Development University of Manchester

Himanshu Associate Professor, CESP School of Social Sciences, JNU, New Delhi

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Presentations : From Garden to Tea Pot’: The Political Economy of Women’s Work in the Tea Plantations of North Bengal Priyanka Dutta, Research Advisor, Centre for Budget and Policy Studies, Bangalore, Karnataka Minimum Wages in India: An Analysis of Policy Practice and Implementation Gap with Reference to Agriculture Minimum Wages and Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) Biju Varkkey, Faculty, Indian Institute of Management Ahmadabad Gujarat Rupa Korde, Faculty, Economics Area, FLAME University Sunny Wadhwaniya, Research Associate, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad

Development sans Structural Ttransformation: A Study of Tamil Nadu Nelson Mandela S., Ph.D. Research Scholar, University of Hyderabad Hyderabad, Telangana

Constraints in Macroeconomic Policies in Raising Employment Mudaser Bhat, Research Scholar, Central University of Kashmir Pulwama, Jammu and Kashmir Binish Qadri, Research Scholar, Central University of Kashmir, Jammu & Kashmir

Intensity of Over qualification in Kerala: A Case Example of Banking Sector Razeena Rasheed, Assistant Professor, Al Ameen College, Aluva, Kerala M. Bhasi, Professor and Dean, School of Management Studies, CUSAT, Kerala

Unemployment in India : Demystifying Voluntary Unemployment and Data Deficiency Ravi Kant Dwivedi, Research Scholar, Department of Humanities & Social Sciences. University Institute of Engineering and Technology, CSJM University, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh Regional Dimension of India’s Employment Growth in the Post Reform Era K S Hari, Assistant Professor, Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune, Pune, Maharashtra Hema Kurup, Ph.D. Scholar, Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune, Maharashtra

Pro-Poor Growth in Odisha Priyabrata Sahoo, Research Scholar, University of Hyderabad Hyderabad, Telangana Deciphering the Reality of Mudra Loans in Creating Self-Employment Arjun Kumar, Visiting Fellow, IHD, Delhi. Vivek Kaul, Commentator and Author

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DAY 2: SUNDAY, 17 DECEMBER 2017

PARALLEL TECHNICAL SESSIONSTime: 0930 - 1130 hrs

Technical Session 1.3: Informality and Labour Markets Venue: Class Room 501 (Fourth Floor)

Chairperson : S. Madheshwaran Professor, Institute for Social and Economic Change Bangalore

Discussants : Manju S. Nair University of Kerala

: Aasha Kapur Mehta Professor, Indian Institute of Public Administration New Delhi

Presentations : Male Female Wage Differentials in Punjab - An Analysis from Amritsar District Mandeep Kaur, Research Scholar, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab Kuldip Kaur, Professor, Punjab School of Economics Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar, Punjab Paid Women in Informal Sector of India: A Poverty Nexus in Social Hierarchy Archana, Ph.D. Research Fellow, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi Employment Related Short Term Family Migration in India: An Analysis of Magnitude and Characteristics Madhusudan Nag, Ph.D. Scholar, Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthpuram

Restructuring the Rural-Periphery Through Dispossession: Knowledge-based City, Informality and the Labour Question Animesh Roy, Assistant Professor, Giri Institute of Development Studies, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

Informalisation of Employment and Poverty Status – An Empirical Study in India Rajyasri Roy, M.Phil. Scholar, University of Calcutta Kolkata, West Bengal Panchanan Das, Professor, University of Calcutta Kolkata, West Bengal

Trade Liberalisation and Its Impact on the Informal Sector- A Panel Data Test for the BRICS Pooja Khanna, Senior Assistant Professor, Daulat Ram College University of Delhi

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Informality of Labour Market Kailas Thaware, Professor, Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune Maharashtra

Emerging Patterns of Rural Enterprise in Manipur: An Economic Census Data Based Study Hanjabam Isworchandra Sharma, Assistant Professor Manipur University, Imphal Manipur

Trade Liberalization And Unemployment In India: A State Level Analysis Nidhi Dhamija, Assistant Professor, Delhi University Delhi, New Delhi

Quality Of Employment In The Unorganised Transport Sector: A Study Of Private Taxi Drivers In Punjab Amarjit Singh Sidhu, Professor, University Business School Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Amritsar, Punjab Lalita Kumari, Research Scholar, University Business School, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar

Un/disorganizing the Organized Labour: Reflections on Closed Tea Plantation Workers of North Bengal Swatahsiddha Sarkar, Department of Sociology, University of North Bengal, West Bengal

Gender Dimensions of Small Growers’ Initiative: Preliminary Observations from Jalpaiguri District, West Bengal Rinju Rasaily, Assistant Professor, School of Liberal Studies, Ambedkar University Delhi Economic Growth and Employment Elasticity: A Case Study of Informal Sector in India Pawan Kumar, Associate Professor, Ramjas College University of Delhi, Delhi

Kerala State Road Transport Corporation: Is Wheels Coming Out Of The Bus? Ajit Dayanandan, Former Director, Reserve Bank of India Cochin, Kerala James Vadakkan, Director, Centre for Kerala Studies, Kerala Ravi Raman, Member, State Planning Board, Government of Kerala

Trends in Remittances from GCC Countries: Effects of the Crisis and Oil Price Changes Eugenia Canessa, Phd student, Università degli Studi di Firenze Firenze, Italy

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Technical Session 2.3: Macro-Economic Policies and Employment Venue: Class Room 502 (Fourth Floor) | Time: 09:30-11:30

Chairperson : Iyanatul Islam Adjunct Professor, Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University Brisbane, Australia

Discussants : N.R. Bhanumurty Professor, NIPFP, New Delhi

: S. Chandrashekar Professor, IGIDR, Mumbai

Presentations: What Do the Graduates Do? Expansion of Higher Education and Graduate Labour Market in India Sanjeer Alam, Assistant Professor, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), Delhi

Macroeconomic Policies and the Employment Situation in India Manturam Samanta, Principal, Maharaja Manindra Chandra College Kolkata, West Bengal

Do Training and Experience Prior to Migration Help Migrants Earn More Abroad? A Study of Returnee Migrants in Nepal Dhruba Bhandari, Senior Economist, Institute for Integrated Development Studies (IIDS), Kathmandu, Nepal Bishnu Dev Pant, Executive Director, Institute for Integrated Development Studies (IIDS), Kathmandu, Nepal Saurab Shrestha, Economist, Institute for Integrated Development Studies (IIDS), Kathmandu, Nepal Shailie Rimal, Economist, Institute for Integrated Development Studies (IIDS), Kathmandu, Nepal Role of Aggregate Demand Components in the Shadow of Unemployment: A Cross-Country Analysis Kamal Ray, Retired Associate Professor, Katwa College West Bengal Kalyani, West Bengal

Determinants of Employment Potential in India’s Service Sector: The Post-Reform Experience Deepak Kumar Behera, Assistant Professor, National Institute of Technology Patna, Bihar

Occupational Sex Segregation in India: Pre and Post Liberalisation Meenal Shah, Centre for Development Studies and Research (CDSR) Jodhpur, Rajasthan

A Study of the External Determinants of International Migration and its Impact on Indian Economy Madhu G. R., ICSSR-Post Doctoral Fellow, University of Mysore, Karnataka Uma H. R., Professor of Economics, University of Mysore, Karnataka

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Technical Session 3.2: Technological Change and Employment Venue: Class Room 601 (Fifth Floor) | Time: 0930 - 1130

Chairperson : Ruth Steiner Professor, University of Florida

Discussant : Dev Nathan Visiting Professor, IHD, Delhi Keshab Das Professor, Gujarat Institute of Development Research Ahmedabad Presentations : The Web of Recruitment: Emerging Hiring Technologies and Methods in India’s Urban Labour Market Bhim Reddy, Fellow, IHD, Delhi Tarini Shipurkar, Research Assistant, IHD, Delhi Shantanu Kant Dubey, Research Assistant, IHD, Delhi

Productivity, Employment and Wages in Organised Manufacturing: A Comparative Study of Orissa and India D. P. Priyadarshi Joshi, Research Scholar, University of Hyderabad Telangana Priyabrata Sahoo, Research Scholar, School of Economics, University of Hyderabad, Telangana

Estimating the Labour Productivity in Indian Manufacturing Sector: A Special Focus on Technological Change Abdul Jamal, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, The New College, University of Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu Arumugam Sankaran, Assistant Professor, Department Economics Pondicherry University, Puducherry Muhammed Rafeeque, Ph.D. Research Scholar, Department of Economics, The New College, University of Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Technological Changes and Employment in Punjab Economy with Emphasis on Agriculture Balwinder Singh Tiwana, Professor, Department of Economics Punjabi University, Punjab Ravita Ravita, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Punjabi University, Patiala Manpreet Kaur, Research Scholar, Department of Economics, Punjabi University, Patiala

Employment Effect of Technology Intensiveness in Organised Manufacturing Sector Harwant Singh, Research Scholar, PSE, Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar, Punjab Swati Mehta, Assistant Professor , Punjab School of Economics Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab

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Technical Session 1.4: Informality and Labour Markets Venue: Class Room 602 (Fifth Floor) | Time: 0930 - 1130

Chairperson : K. N. Harilal Member, State Planning Board, Government of Kerala Discussants : R. P. Mamgain Professor, Giri Institute of Development Studies (GIDS), Lucknow

Jayan Jose Thomas Associate Professor of Economics Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi and Member, State Planning Board, Government of Kerala

Presentations : Relationship between Industrial Wage and Indebtedness: An Evidence of Theoretical Divide Rajasekharan Pillai K., Professor, School of Management Studies Manipal, Karnataka

Analyzing Female Invisibility and Time Use Data M. G. Mallika, Assistant Professor, The Zamorins’ Guruvayurappan College, Kozhikode, Kerala

Urban Informal Sector Employment : A Case Study of Hyderabad Saritha Gallikonda, Ph.D. Scholars, Department of Economics Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur D. Sonia, Ph.D. Scholars, Department of Economics, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur Social Status as a Driver of Female Labour Force Participation in India: A Neighbourhood Level Analysis Deepak Gupta, Professor, Amrita School of Business, Coimbatore Tamil Nadu Aparna Mishra, MBA Student, Amrita School of Business, Tamil Nadu

Women Workforce in Informal Sector: An Evaluation of the Domestic Female Workers In Jharkhand Prakash Chandra Deogharia, Associate Professor, Vinoba Bhave University, Ranchi Jharkhand

Informal Labour, Informal Politics: A Case Study of Auto-Rickshaw Operators in Kolkata Saurabh Paul, Ph.D. Scholar, School of Women’s Studies, Jadavpur University, Kolkata

Gender, Space, and Work: A Case Study of Waghari Gujarati Pheriwala (Street Vendors) Women Kanika Tyagi, Research Scholar, Ambedkar University Delhi

Conditions of Employment and Livelihood Security of Informal Workers: A Study of Four Villages in Jalpaiguri District, West Bengal Mampi Bose, Research Scholar, JNU, New Delhi Shantanu De Roy, Assistant Professor, TERI University, New Delhi

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Surging Rural-Urban Migration, Informal Sector Employment and Earning Differentials: Reflections from Primary Survey of Indian Punjab Sukhwinder Singh, Professor of Economics, Centre for Research in Economics, Punjab University Jaswinder Singh Brar, Professor of Economics, Centre for Research in Economics, Punjab University Working Conditions of Daily Wage Labourers in Ranchi, Jharkhand Pradeep Kerketta, Assistant Director, Xavier Institute of Social Service, Ranchi, Jharkhand Amit K. Giri, Assistant Professor, Xavier Institute of Social Service, Ranchi, Jharkhand Trends in Formal-Informal Employment in Labour Market Rajesh, Associate Professor, M.V. College, Buxar, Bihar Rakesh Kumar Singh, Associate Professor, RDS College Muzaffarpur, Bihar Low Wages and Gender Discrimination: The Case of Plantation Workers in Assam and West Bengal Kingshuk Sarkar, Fellow, VVGiri National Institute of Labour, NOIDA Impact Of Economic Reforms On Employment In India K Madhu Babu, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur Earnings of Urban Informal Sector Workers in Guwahati & Tezpur Town of Assam Biman Kumar Nath, Assistant Professor, Mahapurusha Srimanta Sankaradeva Viswavidyalaya, Tezpur, Assam Exploitative Informal Labor Process in India: A Conceptualization Rahul De, Senior Lecturer, Azim Premji University, Bengaluru, Karnataka

Technical Session 1.5: Informality and Labour Marlets Venue: Board Room (Ground Floor) | Time: 0930-1130

Chairperson : Amaresh Dubey Professor, Centre for the Study of Regional Development JNU, New Delhi

Discussant: Janine Rodgers Senior Visiting Fellow, IHD, Delhi K. R. Shyam Sundar Professor, HRM Area XLRI, Jamshedpur

Presentations : Informalisation Through Contractualisation of Labour Force in Coal Mining Industry: A Case Study of Bharat Coking Coal Ltd., Dhanbad Binod Narayan, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Ranchi University Jharkhand

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Socio-Economic Vulnerability of Rag Pickers in the Informal Economy of India in the Post GST Scenario Reshma Rajeevan, M.A. Economics Student, Department of Economics, Kariavattom Campus, University of Kerala

The Challenge of Informality and Precarity in India’s Garment and Textile Value Chain Timothy Kerswell, Assistant Professor, University of Macau, Taipa Macau SAR Surendra Pratap, Director, Centre for Workers Education , New Delhi

Determinant of Home Based Work in Non-agriculture Sector in India Manik Kumar, Doctoral Student, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi

Effect of MNREGA on Agricultural Wages and Consumption Expenditure Manjiri Gondhalekar, Associate Professor , Satish Pradhan Dnyana Sadhana College Thane , Mumbai, Maharashtra

Exploring the Evolution of India’s Economic Structure the Case of Manufacturing Services Inter-Linkages Chaitanya Talreja, Ph.D. Student, South Asian University Chanakyapuri, New Delhi

Growing Informality in the Indian Banking Sector? Changing Employment Structure and Job Quality since 1990s Nitu Jaiswal, Ph.D., Research Scholar, JNU, New Delhi

Reflections of Socio-Economic Conditions of Women Workers of Tobacco Industry in Murshidabad District of West Bengal Piyali Roy, M.Phil., Research Scholar, School of Women’s Studies Kolkata, West Bengal Nandini Mukherjee, Assistant Professor, Asutosh College, Kolkata West Bengal

Characteristics of Unorganised Retail Sector in India Bindu Oberoi, Associate Professor, Indraprastha College for Women University of Delhi

An Appraisal of Informalisation in the Services Economy: A Case of Women Workers in Kerala Shalina Susan Mathew, Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Palakkad, Kerala

What Determines the Employability of Engineering Graduates? A Case Study of Select Engineering Colleges in West Bengal Emon Nandi, Doctoral Candidate, JNU, New Delhi

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Spaces of Work to Spaces of Struggle: Case study of Noida Domestic Workers Tanya Chaudhary, Ph.D. Research Scholar, Ambedkar University Delhi New Delhi, Delhi

Informality, Status Occupational Safety and Health: A Case of Mathadi Workers in Maharashtra Shital Morage, Doctoral Scholar, Tata Institute Of Social Sciences Deonar, Mumbai, Maharashtra Santosh Kadu, Doctoral Scholar, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai Are you connected enough? The Impact of Bonding and Bridging Social Capital on Employment Outcomes Maheshwar Pratap, Research Scholar, Amrita University, Kollam, Kerala Deepak Gupta, Professor, Amrita University, Kollam, Kerala Sangeetha Gunasekar, Asst. Professor, Amrita University, Kollam, Kerala Anitha Kaveri, Research Scholar, Amrita University, Kollam, Kerala

WORKSHOP SESSIONS

Workshop Session 1 Venue: Class Room 501 (Fourth Floor) | Time: 1345-1545

Chairman: : Surinder Kumar Director, Giri Institute of Development Studies, Lucknow

Discussant: : Abhinav Alakshendra Assistant Professor and Director Center for International Design and Planning, Urban and Regional Planning, University of Florida Vandana Upadhyay Department of Economics Rajiv Gandhi University, Itanagar Manoj Pant Chief Coordinating Officer, Planning Department, Government of Uttarakhand Participants : Recent Trends of Migration and Employment Adjustment of Rural Artisans in Punjab Inderjeet Singh, Professor of Economics and Head, Department of Distance Education, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab Balbir Singh, Professor, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab

Analyze the Pattern of Changing Status of Worker Due to the Disability in India Pankaj Soni, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh

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A Study on the Working and Perceptions of the Beneficiaries Towards MGNREGA in East Siang District of Arunachal Pradesh Dol Bahadur Thapa, Ph.D. Research Scholar, Rajiv Gandhi University Doimukh, Arunachal Pradesh Changing Scenario of Rural Work-Force in India Lakkineni Chinnea Mallaiah, Professor, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh Parul Verma, Research Scholar, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Univesity, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

Addressing Unemployment Problem of Informal Labour Market Through MGNREGA: An Empirical Analysis of Bihar Tahir Hussain Warsi, University Professor, TM Bhagalpur University Bhagalpur Rajiv Kumar Sinha, Agro Economic Research Centre for Bihar and Jharkhand, TM Bhagalpur University, Bhagalpur, Bihar Ibrar Sunny, Research Scholar, TM Bhagalpur University, Bhagalpur, Bihar

Performance Evaluation of MGNREGA as Macro Economic Policy and Employment Generation: A Case Study of Tribal Dominated Talukas of the State of Goa Keshav Namdevrao Ghorude, Principal, Annasaheb Vartak College of Arts, Commerce and Science , Thane, Maharashtra Vikrant Vijay Mudliyar, Research Scholar, Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth, Maharashtra Women’s Work and Time Utilisation Pattern in Rural Arunachal Pradesh: A View from the Field Dil Bahadur Gurung, Assistant Professor, Rajiv Gandhi University Arunachal Pradesh

Unemployment in Villages: A Study of Gujarat and West Bengal Subrata Dutta, Associate Professor, Sardar Patel Institute Of Economic And Social Research, Ahmedabad, Gujarat

Women and Informality: Narratives From the Global South Aabid Firdausi, Student, University of Kerala, Kerala Rugmini Devi, Student, University of Kerala, Kerala

Child Labour in Urban Informal Sector Bharat Shah, Retired Professor, Ahmedabad, Gujarat

Caste Based Labour Market Discrimination in India: A Comparative Analysis Chandi Charan Mehentar, Research Scholar, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

The Role of Crowd Funding ,World Banks, and Coordination in the Growth of MSMEs in India: A Study in Comparison with the SMEs of the World Sonia Viswam, Ph.D. Scholar, Central University of Karnataka, Karnataka

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Impact of MGNREGA on Poverty Reduction: A Study of KBK Region in Odisha Rathi Kanta Kumbhar, Assistant Professor, Sambalpur University Sambalpur, Odisha Rebati Naik, Guest Faculty, Bargarh Womens College, Odisha Socio-economic Study of Unorganized Labour of Solapur District Dattatray Bagade, Head, Department of Economics, Shankarrao Mohite Mahavidyalaya, Akluj District, Solapur ( MS), Akluj, Maharashtra Gender and Wage Discrimination in India Rural Labour Market V. S. S. Lavanya, Research Scholar, Department of Economics Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh

Labour Value Added Content in Exports of India: Post Liberalisation Period Manpreet Singh, Research Scholar, Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar , Punjab Paramjit Nanda, Prof. & Head, Punjab School of Economics, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab Kajole Nanda, Research Scholar, Commerce Department, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab Performance of MGNREGP in Tamil Nadu K. Vetrivel, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu N.K. Rajendran, Assistant Professor and Head Department of Commerce, Bharathidasan University, Model College K. Kalaichandran, Ph.D. Research Scholar, Department of Economics Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli. An Empirical Investigation of Migration and Child Labour in Agriculture Sector – A Micro Level Analysis Anil Kumar, Assistant Professor & Head of Department, SJM First Grade College Of Arts & Commerce Tarikere, Karnataka Nafisa, Assistant Professor, SJM First Grade College of Arts & Commerce Tarikere, Karnataka Influence of Agricultural Labourers on Foodgrains Production In Tamil Nadu – An Analysis Satheesh Babu A, Assistant Professor, Vivekananda College, Madurai Tamil Nadu Murali N, Associate Professor & Head Arul Anandar College, Tamil Nadu. MGNREGA and Rural Labour Market in Kerala Vipin Kumar R, Assistant Professor, Public Policy Research Institute Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala Mohan Kumar S, Associate Professor, Institute of Development Studies

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Workshop Session 2 Venue: Class Room 601 (Fifth Floor) | Time: 1345 - 1545

Chairman : N. Chandrasekhara Rao Professor, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi Discussants : I. C. Awasthi Professor, Institute for Human Development, Delhi Saumya Ray Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT, Guwahati Abdul Salim Professor, Department of Economics, University of Kerala

Participants : Economic Conditions of Agricultural Labourers in India: A Cases Study in Kurnool District of Andhra Pradesh Balanarayana M., Research Associate, National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), Mumbai, Maharashtra

Women’s Labour Market Status and Economic Development Shaik Asha Begum, Research Scholar, Acharya Nagarjuna University Andhra Pradesh

Construction Labour Migration: A Case Study of Ghaziabad , U.P, India Ratna Vadra, Assistant Professor, Institute of Management Technology Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh Rahul Prasad, Student, Institute of Management Technology Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh

Does Parental Education Influence Sons’ Performance in Labour Market A. Amarender Reddy, Director, National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management, Hyderabad, Telangana Namrata Singha Roy, Research Associate, ICRISAT Anugula Reddy, Assistant Professor, NUEPA Informality in Teaching Profession in Higher Education and Conditions of CHB Teachers in Maharashtra State Suresh Ghumatkar, Assistant Professor, Balbhim Arts, Science and Commerce College, Beed, Maharashtra

Bonded Labour and Economics – Effects of Bonded Labour on the Economy (with Respect to Karnataka) Santosh Jose, Student, Christ University, Bangaluru, Karnataka

Employment of Rural Women Through Entrepreneurship—A Study Babu Rao Marri, Assistant Professor, , Department of Economics C. R. College, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh

Employment Generation Programmes in India (With Special Reference to MGNREGS on Poverty in Andhra Pradesh) Srinivasulu Palagulla, Associate Professor, Department of Economics SRR&CVR, Government Degree College, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh

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Socio Economic Conditions of Child Labour in Odisha: A Case Study of Rourkela City Narayan Sethi, Assistant Professor in Economics, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, Odisha Subhadarsani Swain, Post Graduate Student, National Institute of Technology (NIT) Rourkela An Assessment of Socio-Economic Conditions of Rag Picker Children: A Case Study of Jammu City of J&K State Virender Koundal, Assistant Professor, University of Jammu Jammu and Kashmir

The Perspective of Informal Labour in the Formal Sector—A Case Study of Some Government Universities of Assam Chandan Sharma, Assistant Professor, Morigaon College, Affiliated to Gauhati University, Morigaon, Assam Ajit Konwar, Assistant Professor, Morigaon College, Assam Parag Jyoti Mahanta, Assistant Professor, Morigaon College, Assam Assets Inequalities among Different Occupational Groups in Rural Households of Border Districts of Punjab State of India Randeep Kaur, Assistant Professor, Trai Shatabdi GGS Khalsa College Amritsar, Amritsar, Punjab

Informal Employment: A Study of Street Vendors in Patna Vandana Kumari, Research Scholar, A. N. Sinha Institute of Social Studies, Patna, Bihar Deepali, Research Scholar, A. N. Sinha Institute of Social Studies Patna, Bihar

Child Labour in Urban Informal Sector of Tiruchirappalli City Paramasivam P, Ph. D. Research Scholar of Economics, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamilnadu Dr Arul Chellakumar J. A, Professor of Economics, Bharathidasan University Tiruchirappalli, Tamilnadu

Women Labour in Informal Sector in India Cheli Yasodhaa Rao, Research Scholar, Acharya Nagarjuna University Nagarjuna Nagar, Andhra Pradesh

Towards an Explanation of Inter State Disparities in Child Labour in India: A Long Term Comparative Study of High & Low Incidence States Anindita Sinha, Postdoctoral Fellow, Tripura University Agartala, Tripura

A Panel Data Analysis on the Innovation, Labour Productivity and Growth Rate of BRICS Nations Abul Hassan P.S., ICSSR Research Fellow, Jamila Millia Islamia New Delhi Halima Sadia Rizvi, Professor, Jamila Millia Islamia, New Delhi

Performance of MGNEGP in Tamil Nadu - An Overview Vetrivel Krishnan, Assistant Professor, Bharathidasan University Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu

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Changing Status of Employment in India Asha Agrawal, TGT, Delhi Administration, Delhi

Measuring Human Development Index of Construction Workers Vijay kumar Kakade, Professor, Shivaji University Kolhapur Kolhapur, Maharashtra Suvarna Suryavanshi, Assistant Professor, Smt Sushil K Ghodawat Kanya College Jaysingpur

Informal Employment – An Analytical study Unveiling the Parable of the Traditional Marine Fishers Shalini Mathews, Research Scholar, Dept. of Economics, Karyavattom Campus, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram Anitha V., Associate Professor, Dept. of Economics, Karyavattom Campus, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram Domestic Work of Women: Need For a Proper Assessment And Quantification Tool Ramya R., Assistant Professor of Economics, Sri C. Achutha Menon Government College, Thrissur, Kerala

Workshop Session 3 Venue: Class Room 602 (Fifth Floor) | Time: 1345-1545

Chairman : Biswajit Chatterjee Retired Professor of Economics Jadavpur University,Kolkata, West Bengal Discussants : Nirmala Padmanabhan St Teresa’s College, Ernakulam, Kerala Seema Singh Department of Humanities and Social Sciences Delhi Technological University K. K. Harikurup Government College, Kasargod

Participants : Employment Growth and Women Status: Experience from Indian Organized Sector Kamlesh Shrivastava, Professor, Vijaya Raje Scindia Government Girls College, Morar Gwalior , Madhya-Pradesh Padma Saxena, Associate Professor, Maharani Lxmi Bai ,Government College of Excellence, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh Sunil Sharma, Research Scholar, School of Studies in Economics Jiwaji University Gwalior

Status of Employment and Unemployment in India: A Comparative Overview of NSS and Labour Bureau Data Mahendra Rao, Budget Analyst cum Research Associate, Budget Analysis Rajasthan Centre, Jaipur, Rajasthan

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Impact of FDI on Employment & Economic Growth in India R. P. Shrivastava, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics J. L. C. College, Chapra, Bihar The Role of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act in Empowering Women in Rural Karnataka Divakara. D., Research Scholar, Department of Economics, University Bangalore, Karnataka Rupali Gupta, Research Scholar, Department of Economics, University Bangalore, Karnataka Varsha N., Research Scholar, Department of Economics, University Bangalore, Karnataka Rangaswamy N., Professor (Retd), Department of Economics University Bangalore, Karnataka Marketing and Modeling of Rohu Fish Monthly Arrival using ARIMA in Jammu Region of J&K State Manish Sharma, Associate Professor, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Jammu and Kashmir Nishant Jasrotia, Student, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology , Jammu and Kashmir S.E.H. Rizvi, Professor, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology , Jammu and Kashmir Anil Bhat, Assistant Professor, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology , Jammu and Kashmir Banti Kumar, Ph.D, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Jammu and Kashmir

Enhancing Rural Livelihood Opportunities Through Promotion of Mango Plantations under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS in Bankura District, West Bengal Anuradha Palla, Assistant Professor, National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Hyderabad , Telangana Venkatachalapathi Suresh Babu, Associate Professor, National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Hyderabad BabuLal Mahato, Private Secretary, Paschimanchal Unnayan Affairs Department, Poura Bhavan, Kolkata

Impact of Technology Change and Employment Namadev Jadhav, RCUB, Vijayapura , Karnataka

Is Technology Substituting Labour in Paddy Farms? Renu Bishnoi, Assistant Professor, Government College,Hisar, Haryana Vanita Ahlawat, Assistant Professor, G.J.US&T, Hisar, Haryana

Is Floriculture in High Tech Cultivation Changing the Picture of Farms? Vanita Ahlawat, Assistant Professor, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar, Haryana Snehlata, Research Scholar, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar, Haryana

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Moderating Role of Technological Changes in the Relationship between Human Capital and Labour Productivity In The Indian Automobile Industry Anju Kamal, Assistant Professor, Amrita University, Kollam, Kerala Saswat Barpanda, Associate Professor, Amrita University, Kollam, Kerala

Significance of Employee’s Environmental Training in Sustainability: An Empirical Study of Selected Organizations in Punjab Vikram Sandhu, Assistant Professor, Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar, Punjab Heena Atwal, Assistant Professor, Punjab University

Non-conventional Energy Growth and Economic Development in Kanyakumari District Of Tamil Nadu – Labour Perceptive PSJ Sudan, Ph.D. Scholar, Scott Christian College (Autonomous) Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu

Digital Labour Economy of India in: Technological Change & Employment Econometric Genesis of Karl Marx, Ricardo and Sraffa: Revisited Vijay Kumar Adwant, Principal & Head of Department Economics, Vivek Vardhini College of Arts, Commerce & Science, PG & Research Centre, Hyderabad

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DAY 3: MONDAY, 18 DECEMBER 2017

PARALLEL TECHNICAL SESSIONSTime: 0900 - 1115 hrs

Technical Session 1.6: Informality and Labour Markets Venue: Class Room 501 (Fourth Floor) | Time: 0900-1115

Chairperson : Sheila Bhalla Visiting Professor, IHD, Delhi

Discussant: Bhim Reddy Fellow, IHD, Delhi

D. Shyjan John Mathai Centre, Thrissur, Kerala

Presentations : A Brief History of Labour Migration From Bihar; The Story of Underdevelopment and Inequalities in the State Tarun Manjhi, Professor, Shri Ram College of Commerce, University of Delhi, Delhi

Wage-employment, Informality and Social Security in Rural India: An Industry-specific Analysis of Gender Differentials Pampa Sengupta, Associate Professor, Vivekananda College Calcutta University, Kolkata, West Bengal Sujit Thakur, Social Media Analyst, Cheil India Pvt. Ltd Anirban Ghosh, Consultant, MetLife Global, India

A Note on Recent Trends in Agricultural Wage Rates in India Arindam Das, Senior Programme Manager, Foundation for Agrarian Studies, Bengaluru, Karnataka

Effects of Globalisation on Developments in Women Workforce Participation in India: An Exploratory Approach R. Rajesh Kanna, Research Invigilator, Department of Economics The New College (Autonomous), Chennai A. Abdul Raheem, Associate Professor and Principal Investigator Department of Economics, The New College (Autonomous), Chennai

MGNREGS and Unorganised Workers: A Case Study of Selected Villages in Ranchi District of Jharkhand Jyoti Prakash, Assistant Professor, P. G. Department of Economics Ranchi College, Ranchi

From Rags to Rags: A Study of Domestic Garbage Pickers in Chandigarh Manjit Sharma, Assistant Professor, DAV College, Chandigarh Kulwinder Singh, Assistant Professor, University Business School Punjab University, Chandigarh Jatinder Singh, Assistant Professor, Centre for Research in Rural and Industrial Development, Chandigarh

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Minimum Wages and Informal Labour in Rural India Aiswarya Mishra, Consultant, Sutra Consulting Pvt. Ltd. Bhubaneswar, Odisha

Female Labour Force Participation and Global Perspective Rashmi Akhoury, Professor, College of Commerce,Arts & Science Patna, Bihar

Social Security in Unorganised Sector Veena Kumari Jaiswal, Project Coordinator of IAWS, and Guest Faculty of Economics, University Department of Economics, Ranchi University Ranchi

Women and Informal Work in Manipur: An Analysis Arambam Sophia, Department of Economics, Manipur University Manipur Mayanglambam Sarda, Principal, Kakching Khunou College Manipur Gurumayum Ranita, Department of Economics, Oriental College Imphal, Manipur

Urban Informal Labour Market: A Case Study of Women Food Vendors in Vellore Town Sivasankar Vedi, Assistant Professor, Muthurangam Government Arts College, Vellore Hemanathan Subramani, Ph.D. Research Scholar, Muthurangam Government Arts College, Vellore

Who has Microcredit Really Helped? A Look at Women’s Empowerment Using Evidence from Rural India Hangma Basumatary, M.Phil. Scholar, Sikkim University, Guwahati, Assam Rajesh Raj, S.N Natarajan Associate Professor, Sikkim University Guwahati, Assam Pranbin Chhetri, Ph. D Scholar, Sikkim University, Guwahati, Assam

Utilization Experience of Rashtriya Swashthya Bima Yojna among Labour Section of People: A Case Study of Odisha Babita Panda, ICSSR Doctoral Fellow of A&A Economics, Utkal University, Bhubaneshwar, Odisha

Pluri Activity in Rural India: Determinants & Evidences Subramanian, S. Research Scholar, Institute for Social Economic Change, Bangalore, Karnataka

Gender Based Employment & Wage Discrimination in the Urban Labour Market of India: A Quintile Decomposition Analysis Balakrushna Padhi, Doctoral Scholar in Economics, CSRD, JNU New Delhi

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Technical Session 2.4: Macro-Economic Policies and EmploymentVenue: Class Room 601 (Fifth Floor) | Time: 0900-1115

Chairperson : Sucha Singh Gill Professor, CRRID, Chandigarh

Discussants : N. K. Mishra Professor, Department of Economics, BHU, Varanasi M. Parameswaran Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram

Presentations : How Elitist Macro Development Policies Are Distorting Gujarat’s Agricultural Output and Employment Scenario Munish Alagh, Associate Professor, Sardar Patel Institute of Economic and Social Research, Opp Udgam School, Thaltej Tekra Ahmedabad, Gujarat

Current Account Surpluses in the World Economy – Examining Labour Market Flexibility and Depreciated Real Exchange Rates as a Macroeconomic Strategy Krishna Kumar S, Asst Professor, Department of Economics Sri Venkateswara College, University of Delhi, New Delhi

Relationship between Unemployment Rate and Economic Growth: An Empirical Study of India Akhilesh Kumar Sharma, Associate Fellow, IHD, Delhi Sushil Kumar Rai, Assistant Professor, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun

Impact of Technology Adoption on Employment: A Case Study of State of Bank of India Madhav Shinde, Assistant Professor, B.P.H.E. Society’s Ahmednagar College, Ahmednagar, Savitribai Phule Pune University Pune, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra Jivan Solanke, Assistant Professor, Lt. B.R.D. Women’s College, Nasik Road, Nasik, Savitribai Phule Pune University

Growth Employment Linkages in India Dr. P.S. Kamble, Head, Department of Economics, Shivaji University Kolhapur, Maharashtra

Socio-economic Measures, Employment and Poverty Alleviation Ritu Sharma, Assistant Professor, University of Delhi, Delhi Spatio-temporal Growth Analysis of Agricultural Wages in India Raj Kumar Grover, Professor of Agricultural Economics and Associate Director, Human Resource Management, CCS haryana Agricultural University Hisar, Haryana Mahesh V., P.G. student, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar

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Technical Session 3.3: Technological Change and EmploymentVenue: Class Room 502 (Fourth Floor) | Time: 0900 -1115

Chairperson : K. J. Joseph Professor, Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram

Discussants : Rajshree Bedamatta Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Guwahati, Assam

Suresh Chand Aggarwal Professor, University of Delhi

Presentations : Is Technological Change a Potential Threat to Employment Opportunities Minali Banerjee, Research Scholar, Manipal University Jaipur, Rajasthan

An Econometric Analysis of a Complementarity between Profit-Wage and Capital-Labour: Skill-Biased Technological Change in Indian Services Sector Narender Thakur, Assistant Professor, Bhim Rao Ambedkar College New Delhi Vipin Negi, Associate Professor, Keshav Mahavidalaya

ICT Usage, Productivity and Wage Shares in Unorganised Manufacturing Sector in India Mitali Gupta, Assistant Professor, SVKM’s NMIMS KPM School of Law, Thane, Mumbai, Maharashtra Are they Shielded? - On the Link between Employment Structure and Automation Related Job Losses in India Raju John, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Baselius College, Kottayam, Kerala

Technology and Issue of Missing Female Agricultural Labour Nilesh Kumar, Research Scholar, BHU, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh

Technical Session 2.5: Macro-Economic Policies and EmploymentVenue: Class Room 602 (Fifth Floor) | Time: 0900-1115

Chairperson : Mridul Eapen Member, State Planning Board, Government of Kerala

Discussants : Beena P.L. Center for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram

K. S. Hari Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune

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Presentations : Elderly Labour in India: Role of Support System Arya U. R, Research Scholar, Centre for Development Studies Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala Economic Performance of Publics Sector Undertakings in Jammu and Kashmir with Special Reference to SICOP Ghulam Bhat, Professor and Head, Department of Economics, Central University of Kashmir, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir Showkat Bhat, Assistant Professor, Central University of Kashmir Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir Employment Performance of India’s Unorganized Manufacturing Sector: A Plant Level Study Gopal Krishna Roy, Research Scholar in Economics, Centre for the Study of Regional Development (CSRD), JNU, New Delhi Suresh R., Assistant Professor, Centre for the Study of Regional Development (CSRD), JNU, New Delhi Effects of Macro Economic Policies on Labour Market in General and Employment Creation in Particular in Indian Economy Dhiraj Kr. Bandyopadhyay, Assistant Professor Grade in Economics Department of Economics, University of Calcutta A Study of Gender Inequality in Education and Labor Market and its Impact on Economic Growth in West Asia Sana Samreen, Assistant Professor , Department of West Asian Studies Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh ‘Make in India’: Contextualizing it within the Obtained Socio-Economic Reality Nyima Tenzing, Lecturer, ICFAI University Sikkim, Gangtok, Sikkim Impact of FDI Inflows on Employment Tahir Hussain, University Professor, TM Bhagalpur University Bhagapur, Bihar Ranjan Sinha, Research Officer, TM Bhagalpur University, Bhagapur Bihar Employment Effect of Trade Facilitation in India: Theoretical Discussions and Empirical Illustrations Mamta Kumari, PhD Student, Indian Institute of Technology Patna, Bihar Nalin Bharti, Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Patna, Bihar

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Technical Session 1.7: Informality and Labour MarketsVenue: Class Room 1(Ground Floor) | Time: 0900-1115 Chairperson : Pravin Sinha Senior Project Advisor, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES), India Office

Discussants : Girish Kumar K. N. Raj Centre, M. G. University, Kottayam, Kerala

Siddik R. University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala

Presentations : Gender Issues and Wage Gap in the Informal Sector of India Gayatri Somasekharan, Assistant Professor, Sri Vyasa NSS College Thrissur, Kerala

Skill Premium and Technological Change Harshil Sharma, Phd Research Scholar, CISLS JNU, Delhi

Demonetisation in Urban Informal Sector: With Reference to Female Street Vendors in Bengaluru City Channamma Kambara, Assistant Professor, Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bengaluru, Karnataka

The Informal Small-Scale Brick Industry in Karnataka: An Economic Analysis Sharanappa Saidapur, Asst. Professor of Economics, Government First Grade College, Gulbarga, Karnataka

Issues and Approaches to Development of Informal Sector Workforce in India Roopesh Kaushik, Assistant Professor, Tata Institute of Social Sciences Tuljapur, New Delhi

Gender Discrimination in Employment and Wages of Agricultural Labourers in Andhra Pradesh Narendra Kumar Illuru, Assistant Professor, Department of Econometrics, S.V. University, Tirupati Kondeti Suneetha, Assistant Professor, Department of Econometrics S.V.University, Tirupati Kuppam Sudha, Research Scholar, Department of Commerce S.V.University, Tirupati

A Comparative Study of Labour Productivity in Formal and Informal Manufacturing Enterprises in India Maria Khan, Assistant Professor (Contractual), Department of Economics, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh

Analysis of Head Load Labour Market in Kerala: A Pilot Survey of Calicut City Shyba M., Research Scholar In Economics, The Zamorin’s Guruvayurappan College Calicut, Farook College, Kerala

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Informality and Labour Market: Interrelationship between Farmer Collectives and Market Access: The Case of Farmer Producer Companies in Haryana Priyambda Tripathi, Ph.D. Scholar, TISS, Mumbai, Maharashtra

Different Dimensions of Migrant Informal Workers: A Case Study of Cuttack City, Odisha Suvendu Barik, Research Scholar, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi Mirza Allim Baig, Associate Professor, Jamia Millia Islamia

Settlements of the Un-sedentary: A Study on the Living Conditions of Seasonal Labour Migrants in Ahmedabad City Nivedita Jayaram, Executive, Centre for Migration and Labour Solutions, Aajeevika Bureau, Ahmedabad Sangeeth S, Aajeevika Bureau, Ahmedabad., Aajeevika Bureau Ahmedabad, Gujarat

MGNREGS, Rural Labour and Rising Rural Distress? Evidences from Micro Level Analysis in West Bengal Dipanwita Chakraborty, Ph.D Scholar, ADRTC, Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore, Karnataka

Labour Bank Experiments in Kerala Shihas Abdul Razak, Masters Student, Centre for Development Studies Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala

Women and Workforce Participation Neha Chauhan, Assistant Director, Government of India, New Delhi

The Influx of Contract Based Employment in the Local Government: A Descriptive Assessment of Contract Labour in Municipalities in South Goa K. Sangeeta, Assistant Professor (Economics), Government College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Quepem, Goa

Moving from Amma Kitchen to Yogi Adityanath’s Annapurna Bhojanalaya Deepti Chandra, Assistant Professor, Institute of Public Enterprises Osmania University, Hyderabad

Rural Non-Farm Sector Employment in Developing and Urbanized Regions of Maharashtra: Results from an Empirical Study Shuchi Misra, Research Associate, National Institute of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj , Hyderabad, Telangana OmPrakash Shukla, Principal, National Defence Academy, Pune

Informalization, Labour Migration and Primary Education in the Dangs, Gujarat Aastha Prasad, Post-graduate student in ‘Anthropology, Law and Society’, London School of Economics, London