Publications
The ILO Decent Work Technical Support Team and Country Office for India (DWT/CO-New Delhi) publishes a wide range of books, reports, working papers, training manuals, CD-ROMs, videos and flash movies. Some of these can be downloaded directly. Others can be requested or hard copies purchased from the ILO Communication & Information Unit in New Delhi or by email.
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2023
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100 years of social protection: The road to universal social protection systems and floors
15 September 2023
Volume 2: 52 country cases
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Innovative approaches to protect the rights of women migrant workers and tackle forced labour: Lessons from the Work in Freedom programme (2013–23)
28 July 2023
This brief provides a short summary of the Work in Freedom programme outreach and activities conducted to tackle forced labour and trafficking with the key lessons it generated over the ten-year period (2013-23) of its implementation.
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Labor migration in Asia: Changing profiles and processes
03 July 2023
The report describes labour migration trends and policy needs in Asia after the lifting of strict entry and cross-border controls imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Comprehensive mapping and assessment of reintegration measures in South Asian Colombo process Member States
03 July 2023
This report has been jointly commissioned by ILO and IOM under the Governance of Labour Migration in South and Southeast Asia (GOALS) programme in collaboration with UN-Women and seeks to map out and assess the nature and gaps in the reintegration support provided to returnee migrant workers from five South Asian Colombo Process member States: Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
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India - Technology in public employment services to promote youth employment
30 June 2023
This country profile on technology in public employment services (PES) for youth is part of the ILO (2023) report on Technology in public employment services to promote youth employment in Asia and the Pacific. The report provides insights into how PES in Asia-Pacific are digitally transforming and how they are using technology to support youth in the labour market.
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Technology in public employment services to promote youth employment in Asia and the Pacific
30 June 2023
This report provides insights into how public employment services in Asia-Pacific are digitally transforming and how they are using technology to support youth in the labour market.
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The social life of industrial disputes: Exploring workers-centred industrial relations in India’s garment labour regime
06 June 2023
This report describes the nature of labour relations from a perspective of worker grievances in three garment production clusters of India, namely the National Capital Region, Bengaluru and Tiruppur. It establishes a connection between the evolution of regional labour regimes and the social history of industrial relations and grievances in these three clusters. The report is an important reference to understand the understand differences and commonalities of working and living conditions of garment workers across these locations.
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BRICS-ILO Cooperation
02 May 2023
An overview of recent collaboration on development cooperation between governments, social partners, Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and private partners from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (the BRICS) and the International Labour Organization (ILO).
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Value chain analysis of the food processing sector in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha
17 April 2023
The report is produced by the development cooperation project ‘Promoting Sustainable Enterprises in India’ (PSEI) and aims at enriching knowledge of various market actors in the food processing sector in the two states for evidence-based design and implementation of sectoral policy initiatives.
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Promoting decent work in India: January to March 2023
31 March 2023
This is the first quarterly update of the ILO’s activities after the launch of its new Decent Work Country Programme for India – 2023-27.
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Green jobs and just transition policy readiness assessment in India
23 March 2023
The ILO as part of PAGE India project activities undertook a Green Jobs Policy Readiness Assessment, to develop a baseline perspective of the current green jobs and just transition policy frameworks in India. This policy brief captures the key findings and recommendations of the assessment.
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World Employment and Social Outlook 2023: The value of essential work
15 March 2023
Key workers are essential for societies to function. The new edition of the ILO flagship report calls for a revaluation of their work to reflect their social contribution, and for greater investment in key sectors.
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More than a billion reasons: The urgent need to build universal social protection for children
01 March 2023
This second joint ILO-Unicef report on social protection for children outlines the devastating impact of a lack of social protection on child poverty, health, education, nutrition, child marriage and child labour.
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A flipbook on improving occupational safety and health in the natural stone industry in India
30 January 2023
This flipbook has been developed under the ILO initiative ‘Paving the way for sustainable development of natural stone industry in Rajasthan’ funded by the Government of Flanders (Belgium).
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Reproducing a household: Recognizing and assessing paid and unpaid domestic work in urban India
02 January 2023
This study report is an important contribution towards understanding employers’ perspectives, by recognising and assessing the paid and unpaid domestic work that goes into reproducing a household.
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Employer practices and perceptions on paid domestic work: Recruitment, employment relationships, and social protection
02 January 2023
This study report is an important contribution towards understanding employers’ perceptions, rationale and bases that underlie how employers in urban India engage, value, and perceive domestic work.
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Deficits in decent work: Employer perspectives and practices on the quality of employment in domestic work in urban India
02 January 2023
This study report contributes towards understanding employers’ perspectives on existing working conditions and practices relating to recruitment, income security, employment security and social security available to domestic workers.
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Decent Work Country Programme for India 2023 - 2027
01 January 2023
This country strategy is led by the ILO and its tripartite constituents. It sets out ILO’s programme in India, which is aligned with the national priorities and the UN 2030 agenda.
2022
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Promoting decent work in India: October-December 2022
30 December 2022
This is the ninth edition of the update covering key initiatives and achievements of the ILO and its constituents contributing to the priorities of India Decent Work Country Programme 2018-22.
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Methods for spatial sampling of urban neighbourhoods by socio-economic status in Indian cities
27 December 2022
This brief note lays out an approach to neighbourhood selection and houselisting for large surveys in urban cities. This approach was used for a multiple round household survey in two India cities using quantitative and qualitative research methods to understand the dynamics of paid and unpaid works within households and employers’ perceptions on working conditions of domestic workers.