Surveying Informalised Labour Conditions in India鈥檚 Organised Garment Sector

This research is based on direct surveys of garment workers and interviews and focus-group discussions

From:
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Published
1 January 2014
Country:
India
Document Type:
Briefing
Theme:
Economic Growth and Social Change
First published:
1 January 2014
Authors:
Centre for Development Policy and Research

Abstract

This Development Viewpoint assesses the results of research on labour conditions in the more organised and visible segments of the garment sector in the greater Delhi area. It is part of a series of publications produced by the ESRC-DFID Research Project on 鈥淟abour Conditions and the Working Poor in China and India鈥�. draws on the project paper 鈥楲abour Regimes in the Indian Garment Sector: Capital-Labour Relations, Social Reproduction and Implications for Labour Standards鈥�, written by Alessandra Mezzadri and Ravi Srivastava, and the extensive paper on survey findings entitled 鈥楥apital-Labour Relationships in Formal Sector Garment Manufacturing in the Delhi National Capital Region of India鈥�, written by Ravi Srivastava.

This research is based on direct surveys of garment workers and indepth interviews and focus-group discussions with key informants in the sector during 2012-2014 in what India calls its National Capital Region (NCR).

Citation

Centre for Development Policy and Research. Surveying Informalised Labour Conditions in India鈥檚 Organised Garment Sector. Development Viewpoint (2014) Number 79, July 2014, 2 pp.

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