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Rural Women Workers in India's Unorganized Sector
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- Book Synopsis
- Census 2011 estimated India's population at 121 crore. Rural population accounted for 68.8 percent (83.3 crore) of the total population. A very large proportion of rural population is -- either wholly or significantly -- dependant on agriculture and allied activities like horticulture, animal husbandry and fisheries. According to the final report of the National Commission for Enterprises in the Unorganised Sector (NCEUS) [Chairman: Arjun Sengupta] released in April 2009, workers in the unorganised (or informal) sector constitute over 93 percent of the total workforce of India. Unorganised sector workers are those who do not have any job security, income security or social security and are therefore extremely vulnerable to exogenous shocks. Women in rural areas are clearly the overwhelming proportion of the workforce in the informal rural economy and most of them suffer from various forms of insecurities and vulnerabilities. The present work explains and examines the conditions of rural women workers. It also focuses on policies and programmes of the Government to ameliorate their socio-economic existence.
- About The Author
- Dr. Meenu Agrawal is Principal, Ginni Devi Modi Girls (Post-graduate) College, Modinagar and also Associate Professor and Head, Department of Economics in the same college. She obtained her Ph.D. degree from Ch. Charan Singh University, Meerut in 1991. She specialises in the areas of consumer behaviour, rural development and women empowerment. With more than 32 years of teaching experience and 24 years of research experience, she has authored 21 books and co-authored 6 books in areas of her specialisation. Dr. Agrawal has published 70 research papers in journals and magazines of repute. She has also contributed and presented papers at national and international seminars. She has also organized 8 national seminars, sponsored by the University Grants Commission (UGC), New Delhi and the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9788177083286
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- New Century Publications, (05 November 2012)
- Number of Pages
- 216
- Weight
- 458 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 230 x 145 x 21 mm
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