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Social Security for the Working Poor in India: Two national initiatives

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  • Kappadath Parameswara Menon Kannan

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Kappadath Parameswara Menon Kannan discusses two recent initiatives for providing social security to Indian workers in the informal economy. He looks at the National Rural Employment Guarantee and the Social Security for Unorganized (Informal) Workers as landmark initiatives that indicate an important turnaround in the emerging developmental policy in the country.

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  • Kappadath Parameswara Menon Kannan, 2010. "Social Security for the Working Poor in India: Two national initiatives," Development, Palgrave Macmillan;Society for International Deveopment, vol. 53(3), pages 338-342, September.
  • Handle: RePEc:pal:develp:v:53:y:2010:i:3:p:338-342
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