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  The need for the use of labour statistics Trade unions can play a pivotal role in producing labour statistics Social dialogue   is an important procedural institutional process to debate and arrive at consensual conclusions which could be used for legal and other policy-oriented actions.  In the post-reform period, the government uses social dialogue agency,  viz. , the Indian Labour Conference (ILC), to push the reforms agenda.  Labour statistics, unlike economic and industrial data, are not rigorous  For example, the Annual Survey of Industries (ASI) and the National Sample Survey Office produce excellent statistics but have limited information relating to the IRS-LM.  The Labour Bureau provides statistics on a range of industrial relations (strikes and trade unions) and labour statistics (contract labour, absenteeism, labour turnover, labour inspections). Reform arguments three reform arguments Employers have criticised the labour inspection syste...

  Implementing the Street Vendors Act Celebrated as a progressive legislation, the Act now faces numerous challenges in its implementation  Street Vending Act  A decade has passed since the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act came into effect on May 1, 2014 Act now faces numerous challenges in its implementation.  Looking back, the mere enactment of a law did not ensure the protection and security of street vendors in Indian cities; there was much to be desired in its execution. Provisions of the law About street vendors 1  Street vendors, estimated to constitute 2.5% of any city’s population, play multifaceted roles in city life.  2  Local vegetable sellers and food vendors are essential providers of daily services. Vending offers many migrants and the urban poor a source of modest yet consistent income.   3. The vendors also make city life affordable for others by providing vital links in the food, nutr...

India needs a statistically sound VVPAT-based system of EVM audit which can detect instances of mismatch with 99% or 99.9% accuracy; and done at the beginning of counting day H.G. Wells Statistical thinking will one day be as necessary for efficient citizenship as the ability to read and write.” — H.G. Wells U.S. State of Indiana passed Bill no. 246 In February 1897, the House of Representatives of the U.S. State of Indiana passed Bill no. 246 that sought to legislatively establish the ‘true value’ of pi () as 3.20.  This  introduced at the behest / order of a certain Edward Goodwin who claimed to have solved the ancient geometrical problem of “squaring the circle”   it required changing the value of pi to 3.20! Fortunately, the Bill was stalled by Indiana’s Senate due to the efforts of a mathematician called C.A. Waldo, and Indiana was saved from embarrassment. fi elds of science, mathematics and statistics, truths cannot be established by fiats / order of gov field...

The poultry industry needs urgent reforms India’s environmental laws and regulations must reflect what the public health crisis is showing us: that animal welfare is closely interlinked with public health, ecosystem health and biodiversity conservation unsafe conditions at industrial livestock production The current outbreak of H5N1 was a disaster waiting to happen, as experts have been sounding alarm bells on the unsafe conditions at industrial livestock production for more than 10 years now.  There has never been a more pressing time to discuss the welfare of farmed animals in the Indian enviro-legal perspective.   public health crisis is showing us: that animal welfare is closely interlinked with public health, ecosystem health and biodiversity conservation — the One Health principle. Scale of the biosecurity issue The first H5N1 infection  spilt over to humans directly from chickens in Hong Kong in 1997. In India, the first H5N1 patient was reported in Maharashtr...

Making space for migrants in manifestos While the BJP and Congress have both made promises to migrants in their respective manifestos, they have overlooked some critical areas election manifesto and migrant labours 1  An election manifesto is a public document outlining a political party’s vision, intention, and promises.  2  For the first time, the BJP and Congress have expressed concern for migrants, in their manifestos for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. 3  The COVID-19 pandemic and the consequent lockdowns brought attention to migrants and made them visible to the state and policymakers.  4  There are an estimated 600 million internal migrants in India and they contribute significantly to the economy. The BJP’s manifesto ‘Modi ki Guarantee for Shramik Samman  Under the heading, ‘Modi ki Guarantee for Shramik Samman’, the BJP in its manifesto, two specific promises for internal migrants and others that will indirectly benefit them.  The first is ...

​ Inequality can no longer be ignored Addressing inequality is also about questioning the nature of growth itself — which is now unequal — and ensuring that jobs are generated image down to earth evidence to show that inequality in India has been rising The World Inequality database found that in 2022-23, 22.6% of the national income went to the top 1%, the highest ever since 1922.  Wealth inequality is even more stark with the top 1% population having 40.1% share in wealth.  As an election issue is welcome todays condition  1  The unfairness of some people and a few corporates doing so well while most of the population continues to struggle for decent employment opportunities is becoming more and more obvious.  source - world vision 2 The logic of trickle down and of supporting ‘wealth creators’ so that more jobs are created and prosperity spreads has failed time and time again not just in India but across the world also. trickle down  benefits given to p...