According to the Human Development Report 2011-Sustainability and Equity: A Better Future for All, UNDP, http://hdr.undp.org/en/media/HDR_2011_EN_Summary.pdf http://hdr.undp.org/en/media/PR1-main-2011HDR-English.pdf http://hdr.undp.org/en/media/PR2-HDI-2011HDR-English.pdf http://hdr.undp.org/en/media/PR5-Asia-2011HDR-English.pdf: • During 2011 India positions 134 (HDI value 0.547) among 187 countries in terms of HDI ranking, whereas Pakistan ranks 145 (HDI value 0.504), China ranks 101 (HDI value 0.687), Sri Lanka ranks 97 (HDI value…
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According to the 2010 Human Development Report, which has been produced by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), http://hdr.undp.org/en/reports/global/hdr2010/summary/#top: • The 2010 Human Development Index (HDI), which is a composite national measure of health, education and income for 169 countries, shows that Norway, Australia and New Zealand are leading the world in HDI achievement with Niger,…
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KEY TRENDS • In 2017-18, 24.8 percent of rural working-age men and 74.5 percent of rural working-age (viz. 15-59 years) women were not employed. In urban areas, 25.8 percent of working-age men and 80.2 percent of working-age women were not employed AB • Both the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) and the Consumer Pyramids Survey of the Centre for Monitoring the Indian…
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The present report ‘Crushed 2022‘, Safe in India Foundation’s (SII) annual report on the state of worker safety in the Indian auto sector, is based on the following data: • First-hand data from 6+ years of SII’s operations and on 4,000+ injured workers in the auto-sector hubs in Haryana (Gurgaon and Faridabad) and more recently…
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The key findings of the study titled Accessing Minimum Wages: Evidence from Delhi (released on July 4, 2022), which has been prepared by Working Peoples’ Coalition, are as follows (please click here to access): • This study was conceptualized by the Delhi Chapter of the Working Peoples’ Coalition (WPC) and was guided by the vast experiences of Delhi…
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The ‘Taking the Temperature’ research is a first-of-its-kind, landmark longitudinal report on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on India’s creative economy. Kindly click here to access the report Taking the Temperature Report Edition 3: A roadmap for recovery: governance, infrastructure, and self-reliance, which has been developed in partnership by the British Council, Federation of Indian Chambers of…
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The present report ‘Crushed 2021‘, Safe in India Foundation’s (SII) annual report on the state of worker safety in the Indian auto sector, further develops the case for systemic action with: The key findings of Safe in India Foundation’s report Crushed 2021, 3rd edition (released on 26th January, 2022) are as follows (please click here to access): —- Five…
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Kindly click here to access the Primer on Labour Codes in India (released in January, 2022), which has been prepared by Mercer Consulting. — The report titled Domestic Work is Work by Commonwealth Health Rights Initiative-CHRI (released on 10th December,2021) explores the situation of domestic workers and the status of ratification of C189 in specific Commonwealth countries. It includes five Commonwealth nations…
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Labour and employment related statistics and data are collected, compiled and disseminated by several agencies in India. The Ministry of Labour and Employment through the office of Labour Bureau is an important agency involved in this task. The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation is another major source, which collects and publishes data on this…
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