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Survey of Working Conditions and Related Perceptions in Cochin Special Economic Zone
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As a means to boost exports, employment and income, countries around the world are establishing Special Economic Zones. In India, a liberalised SEZ policy intends to make the firms operating in the Zones export competitive. It intends to maximise production for exports simultaneously, by maintaining a lower cost of production. Often the labour class bears the burden of competitive strategy of SEZs. This article is an attempt to investigate the status of working conditions provided to the labourers working in Cochin Special Economic Zone, in the backdrop of ILO labour standards.
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