The vast majority of India’s labour force of nearly four hundred eighty million is employed in the informal sector, which is characterised by insecurity of employment, poor working conditions and absence of social security. This is where the self-employed, such as small farmers and entrepreneurs, artisans, street vendors and rickshaw pullers, are clubbed together with wage workers in farms, unorganized enterprises and households. The formal, organized sector, which includes the state and i... Read More