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Street Labourers in Million-Plus Populated Cities in Uttar Pradesh Nature, Causes and Implications


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A common sight in many large Indian cities each morning is labourers waiting for work on publicroad crossings. Mostly migrants from rural areas, these street labourers are hired by employers for engagement at the bottom of the labour market. These labourers are supposedly free to offer their labour to any buyer at perceived labour-equivalent wage rate and working conditions but the adverse initial conditions at their outmigration zone incapacitates them from bargaining. This paper examines the nature, causes and implications of migration of the street labourers in all the six million-plus populated cities of Uttar Pradesh. The recommendations follow.
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Bhaskar Majumder
G. B. Pant Social Science Institute, Allahabad-211019, India
V. Narayan
G. B. Pant Social Science Institute, Allahabad-211019, India

Abstract


A common sight in many large Indian cities each morning is labourers waiting for work on publicroad crossings. Mostly migrants from rural areas, these street labourers are hired by employers for engagement at the bottom of the labour market. These labourers are supposedly free to offer their labour to any buyer at perceived labour-equivalent wage rate and working conditions but the adverse initial conditions at their outmigration zone incapacitates them from bargaining. This paper examines the nature, causes and implications of migration of the street labourers in all the six million-plus populated cities of Uttar Pradesh. The recommendations follow.

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