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India’s growth dreams need a reality check
September 05, 2026 11:51 pm
Despite economic growth expansion, informality continues to widen and more workers, especially those migrating from the rural to urban areas are finding fewer job opportunities in the organised space
Informal sector pay rose just 4% in 2025, 32% fewer jobs added
March 24, 2026 8:20 pm
While retail inflation was much lower in 2025, the rise in informal sector pay last year is less than half than that seen in the formal sector.
Why formalisation of economy is central to India’s growth structure
December 18, 2025 4:52 pm
Formalisation is associated with access to social security benefits, greater economic stability, and reduced precarity for workers. The new labour codes are seen as a continuous effort towards formalising India’s large informal economy. But does legal recognition of gig workers truly offer them social security?
India’s informal waste workers are climate warriors -- without rights, social protection, or fair pay
September 10, 2025 11:43 am
They have built a decentralised, low-cost circular economy but face displacement, stigma, and policy neglect. Recognising waste pickers is an economic, environmental, and ethical necessity
How formal staffing can drive India’s job quality and economic growth
June 17, 2025 1:16 pm
The future of the workforce in India lies in the formalisation of employment and skill-linked employment
‘Even if we faint from the heat, they make us work’: How Delhi’s informal workforce bears brunt of climate crisis
May 01, 2025 9:16 pm
The report finds that workers are adapting their routines to survive extreme weather, but often at a high personal cost.
After three shocks, 16.45 lakh jobs lost in informal sector over 7 years
July 12, 2024 11:50 am
The data available for the first time since 2015-16, provides an understanding of the impact of the three major exogenous shocks viz., demonetisation, rollout of the Goods and Service Tax, and the Covid-19 pandemic, on the growth of unincorporated enterprises.
Policymakers must break India’s cycle of poverty
December 01, 2021 7:48 am
🔴 Feroze Varun Gandhi writes: They should turn away from supply-side measures and pursue demand-side policies, help the common man.
In three years, informal economy down to 15-20% from 52%, says SBI report
November 01, 2021 8:00 am
At least Rs 13 lakh crore has come into the formal economy through various channels over the last few years, including the recent scheme on the e-Shram portal, according to SBI Ecowrap.
Field work for survey on jobs in informal sector launched
October 04, 2021 4:42 am
It comes after the Labour Ministry had last week unveiled results of the revamped Quarterly Employment Survey (QES) for April-June, which captured the employment situation for organised sector and establishments having more than 10 workers.
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