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- Title
Urban Informal Sector: Exploring the Plight of Cycle-rickshaw Pullers in Haryana.
- Authors
Singh, D. P.; Singh, Darshan; Kaushik, Naresh
- Abstract
The article presents a study on the various aspects of the occupational life of rickshaw pullers in Haryana, India. It states that cycle rickshaw pulling is an important occupation of the informal sector as million of poor people try to meet their own economic and employment needs. It adds that the activities of the informal sector has contributed more than one third of the national income of the country but they are not recognized, regulated or protected by the legal and regulatory frameworks.
- Subjects
HARYANA (India); INDIA; RICKSHAW men; EMPLOYMENT; INFORMAL sector; NATIONAL income; SOCIAL history
- Publication
IASSI Quarterly, 2008, Vol 27, Issue 1/2, p115
- ISSN
0970-9061
- Publication type
Article