Pani, Narendar
(2016)
The permanence of temporary workers.
The Hindu Business Line, 22 June 2016.
| Abstract: |
The unique needs of those who work in cities even as they maintain homes in the village must be addressed by policymakers
Cities bring with them a sense of permanence. Many of them have been around for hundreds of years. Some of their
more memorable institutions too tend to have long histories. It is no surprise, then, that most of urban policy takes
aspects of a city to be given. While migration into the city necessarily brings new elements into that urban space, it is
typically assumed to be a unidirectional phenomenon with the migrants being expected, by and large, to become
permanent residents of that city. Major Indian cities, though, don’t always fit neatly into this pattern. They often
provide a critical place for workers who are not permanent residents of that city.
This phenomenon is prompted primarily by the nature of Indian urbanisation. As usually happens with economic
development, the share of agriculture in GDP income has been declining rapidly, with it hovering around the 15 per
cent mark today. Economists would expect this decline to prompt largescale
migration of labour into the city in search
of work. This expectation underlies many of the projections of rapid urbanisation in India. |
| Item Type: |
In the Media
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| Subjects: |
School of Social Sciences > Economics |
| Divisions: |
Schools > Social Sciences |
| Date Deposited: |
22 Jun 2016 11:22 |
| Last Modified: |
22 Jun 2016 11:22 |
| Official URL: |
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/todays-paper/t... |
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| URI: |
http://eprints.nias.res.in/id/eprint/1104 |
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