Pandemic and Future of Work: Rehabilitating Informal Workers Livelihoods Post Pandemic

Nanavaty, Reema

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“…The primary responsibility to strive for the guarantees and commitments made in the constitution for the informal workers essentially rests with the government (Nanavaty, 2020). Social exploitation is forbidden by Article 10 of the Constitution, which also aspires to create a social welfare economy.…”

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Impact of COVID-19 on the Rights of Informal Workers in Bangladesh

Siddiq

Sharif²

2023

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COVID-19 is a devastating global crisis leading to unprecedented challenges in public health, food systems, the workforce, etc. The calamity has aggravated the situation for informal workers by putting them at risk of economic fallout. The informal workers remain exceptionally vulnerable as their livelihood depends on in-person daily labor. As the pandemic unfolds worldwide, informal workers face tremendous socio-economic challenges and health-related vulnerabilities. This research sheds light on this terrain to explore the impact of COVID-19 on informal workers in Bangladesh from a socio-economic perspective. At the same time, it also analyzes the legal aspects from a critical point of view. It employs a qualitative research methodology. Primary data were collected through 30 in-depth interviews with informal laborers such as taxi-driver, street vendors, domestic workers, hotel and restaurant stewards, and private tuition providers. Ten key informant interviews were conducted with trade union leaders, relevant practitioners, and researchers. It finds that informal workers face diverse challenges, such as the inability to manage family expenditure, drop-out of their children from education, lack of information on health protection, internal migration, etc. It also reveals a significant policy implementation gap in crisis management by analyzing fiscal and monetary policy, non-therapeutic measures, and social safety programs.

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Section: The Legal Framework Of the Rights Of Informal Workers In Ban...mentioning

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Impact of COVID-19 on the Rights of Informal Workers in Bangladesh

Siddiq

Sharif²

2023

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“…Due to the slowdown of all forms of employment opportunities the management of livelihoods of these poor women informal workers just becomes impossible, particularly in urban areas where the cost of livelihood is greater than rural areas. The intake of nutritious food by the entire family has been dropped that means the access to nutritious food taken by women has also dropped because all know ‘women are the last to eat and they eat the least’ (Nanavaty, 2020 ).…”

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The analysis of unparalleled struggle for existence of urban women informal workers in West Bengal, India for survival and resilience to COVID-19 pandemic risk

Mondal

Chakraborty

2022

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An unparalleled struggle has been witnessed among the urban women informal workers of Midnapore and Kharagpur cities in West Bengal, India. Many researchers have advocated and are advocating about the deadly impact of COVID-19 pandemic situation on the women informal workers but very few were concentrated on their coping capabilities. These women in the study area have set an example before others that how can one survive her livelihood in the time of critical situation. Despite all the hardships they have been fighting their own lonely battle not only against this situation but also a lot of serious threats like insecurity, low resources and low standard of living. This study mainly highlights the measures taken by these poor women to cope with this situation for the survival of their families along with the external supports provided for them. This is strictly a perception based study conducted among 500 women selected by purposive sampling procedure across age, ethnicity, income and educational level during unlock phases with the help of semi-structured and open ended questionnaire schedule. The result reveals that although their capabilities and efforts to cope with this devastating situation are praiseworthy but it is a hard reality that this pandemic put its evil imprint in every step of their daily livelihoods. The various measures have already been taken by the government but, these measures have to be continued till the situation will become normal along with gender sensitive long term benefit.

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“…So, they required aids to resurrect their businesses. Work is the main healer for them (Nanavaty, 2020).…”

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Pm Svanidhi and Its Role in Resurrecting the Self-Employed Informal Businesses After the Covid -19 Crisis

Angoori¹,

Dhankhar²,

Kumar³

2022

Socio. econ. pol. stud.

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The present study is based on the awareness and understanding of street vendors towards the Pradhan Mantri Street Vendor’s AtmaNirbhar Nidhi. This scheme was aimed at resurrecting the businesses of street vendors who were drastically affected by the covid-19 related measures i.e., lockdown. The purposive sampling technique was employed for data collection in Hisar city of Haryana state and 100 street vendors were selected randomly. The descriptive statistics results show that the awareness and reach of the PM SVANidhi scheme among street vendors was poor. Only 26 per cent of respondents got the loan under this scheme. Achieving eligibility criteria for availing the credit under this scheme seemed almost impossible. Lack of awareness about the scheme and difficulties in meeting the eligibility conditions, made difficult to the street vendors to avail the scheme. The vendors were harassed by the long process of obtaining the loan. Further remedial measures are required to rebuild self-employed informal businesses sustainably.

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Pandemic and Future of Work: Rehabilitating Informal Workers Livelihoods Post Pandemic

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Impact of COVID-19 on the Rights of Informal Workers in Bangladesh

Impact of COVID-19 on the Rights of Informal Workers in Bangladesh

The analysis of unparalleled struggle for existence of urban women informal workers in West Bengal, India for survival and resilience to COVID-19 pandemic risk

Pm Svanidhi and Its Role in Resurrecting the Self-Employed Informal Businesses After the Covid -19 Crisis

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