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This book discusses the employment scenario in India which existed from the mid fifties till 2000.It draws a profile of the labour force in urban India. It portrays how the change in workforce has affected the labour market at large. It discusses the changing scenario of the informal workforce from the 80s to 2000.A comparison has been drawn between the formal and informal workers in terms of their socio economic backgrounds. Further it goes on to show how the economic status of the informal workers have changed over the decades and discusses the future of the informal workers in terms of their increasing numbers and their involvement in the different sectors of work.

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Nandini Das has obtained masters and doctorate degrees in Population Studies from the International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai.She also has a Masters degree in Economics from Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune, India.She has also co-authored a book on the Economics of Ageing in India.

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