Anuradha Kalhan

Mar 10, 2023 | epw.in | Anuradha Kalhan |Shamsher Singh |Kiran Moghe

Employment, incomes, and the bargaining power of the informally employed, who form 86% of workers in the Indian economy, have been repeatedly impoverished due to disruptions like demonetisation and the lockdown. This article presents additional evidence from a survey of the stranded interstate migrant workers, informally employed in the city of Pune.