Labour and manufacturing
Understanding the bottlenecks to manufacturing and labour productivity growth in India
How do India's manufacturing prospects compare with those of competing manufacturing economies?
How do labour regulations affect women's access to manufacturing jobs?
How do working hour regulations limit what a factory worker can actually earn?
How is India's labour regulatory framework structured?
What does India’s manufacturing sector actually look like?
What drives firms to prefer contract workers over permanent employees, and who bears the cost?
Why do laws designed to protect workers end up restricting them instead?
Why does so much manufacturing employment sit outside formal arrangements, and what does that mean for workers?
Why has India's rapid economic growth not translated into more or better manufacturing jobs?