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DOMESTIC WOMAN-WORKERS IN INDIA

Year: 2012

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200pp

ISBN: 978-81-7541594-2

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Domestic work, largely performed by woman labourers in urban areas, is becoming a major and growing activity not only in developing countries but also in industrialized world. Majority of domestic workers are migrants and belong to ethnic minority communities. Their working conditions are disgusting with long working hours, low pay and absence of social security. The volume discusses the magnitude of informal sector and urban poverty in India; and studies the living conditions, problems and prospects of live-in and live-out domestic woman workers in a city.


About Author

Dr. S. Prakasam is working as Assistant Professor of Economics in the Post Graduate Education Department of Chandigarh Administration. He did his Ph.D. in Demography/ Labour Economics from Andhra University, Visakhapatnam.
Dr. Prakasam has presented papers in more than 25 national and international conferences and his research papers have been published in national journals. He has to his credit three books-Migrant Labour in India: Issues and Concerns, Facts of Indian Economy in the Competitive World, and Dynamics of Rural Poverty in India.


Contents

Preface

List of Tables and Figures

Acronyms
I. Introduction
II. Review of Literature
III. Distressed Labour Migration
IV. Urban Poverty in India
V. Profiles of Chandigarh
VI. Living Conditions of Female Domestics
VII. Live-in and Live-out Domestics
VIII. Prospects, Problems and Policy Implications
IX. Decent Work for Female Domestics

Appendices
A: Case Studies
B: Schedule

Bibliography
Index


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