TITLE:
Migrant Informal Workers: A Study of Delhi and Satellite Towns
AUTHORS:
Ram Singh Bora
KEYWORDS:
Rural-Urban Migration, Destinations, Informal Worker, Slum Dwellers, Migrant Workers, Socially Disadvantaged Groups, Below Poverty Line and above Poverty Line Income Groups
JOURNAL NAME:
Modern Economy,
Vol.5 No.5,
May
23,
2014
ABSTRACT: In India,
the activities of the secondary and tertiary sectors are concentrated mostly in
large towns and cities, and attract internal migration. Workers’ participation
has led to spectacular growth in the economy during the past two decades. By
analysing data collected from slum households in three states, i.e. the National Capital Territory
(NCT) of Delhi, and in two towns of the National Capital Region (NCR) of
Haryana and Uttar Pradesh states in India, this paper seeks to assess if this
growth has improved workers’ employment conditions. The finding reveals that
the workers are employed in low-productivity jobs with low incomes and wages;
they work without job safety, medical health and social security provisions.
All these deteriorate both living and working conditions of the workers. In
spite of their working and living in one of the most developed parts of the
country they live economically marginalized and neglected life.