Papers by Dr. Prakhar Anand (Ph.D.)
मानव एथ्नोग्राफिक एंड फोक कल्चर सोसाइटी , 2022
Third Concept , 2022
The quest for jobs and better livelihoods is the major cause of labour migration. At both the sen... more The quest for jobs and better livelihoods is the major cause of labour migration. At both the sending and receiving ends, migration has economic, social, and political impacts on the regions. Migrations may be seasonal, semi-permanent and permanent, or circular. The challenges faced by the migrant labour includes lack of social entitlements, social and political exclusion, inadequate housing and exploitation. Migrant Labours in particular those in the unorganized sector face severe livelihood insecurities. This article aims to highlight the long-term, structural aspects of the livelihood's crisis experienced by migrant workers. It does so by drawing on secondary data that is already available, observations made during field research by the author and other scholars, findings from quick surveys released by various organisations, and media reports. The purpose of this paper is to outline the vulnerabilities and challenges encountered by migrant labours in India amid Covid-19 vis-à-vis the policies developed to counter such problems.
Shodhasamhita, 2022
In line with the steady pace of urbanisation in recent years, various concerns of cities have gai... more In line with the steady pace of urbanisation in recent years, various concerns of cities have gained significance in contemporary urban India. Rapid urban population growth has increased demand for housing, civic infrastructure, and employment opportunities, as well as affected welfare outcomes. This rapid urbanisation has ushered in new policy issues for a fast-growing economy like India in terms of providing enough livelihood opportunities for those who are vulnerable. A number of initiatives have been introduced or re-oriented in recent years to protect the urban poor against shocks such as loss of employment and income, illness, and disability, as well as to ensure improved living conditions but unlike the MGNREGA in the rural counterparts, urban poor have no such programme that provides employment guarantee. This paper is an attempt to analyse the issues of urban poor in India and the need of the Urban employment Guarantee Programme.
NIU International Journal of Human Rights, 2022
Urbanization is a significant and positive transformation that is associated with economic growth... more Urbanization is a significant and positive transformation that is associated with economic growth and a more educated and productive labour force. It can also help to increase environmental sustainability ensuring better use of resources, as well as improve social welfare by providing better access to services. This rapid urbanisation has introduced new policy issues for a fast-growing economy like India in terms of providing enough livelihood opportunities for the vulnerable. In line with the high migration, the country's poverty has shifted largely from rural to urban areas over the years. Various cities in urban India are engulfed with "poor." In recent years, a number of initiatives have been introduced or re-oriented to protect the urban poor from shocks such as loss of employment and income, illness, and disability, as well as to ensure improved living conditions, but this can only be achieved through policies and planning that also take a gendered perspective into account as an aspect of urban poverty. The gendered perspective promotes a broader understanding of urban poverty that includes domestic and care responsibilities, dependency, and powerlessness in addition to income. This provides urban poverty a unique gendered component since it places an unequal burden on members of communities and households, particularly women, who are responsible for unpaid work such as cooking, cleaning, and caring for children, the sick, and the elderly. Despite the fact that women significantly contribute to the prosperity of Indian cities through paid and unpaid labour, they confront obstacles to fair and equal accessibility of work and living conditions, health and education, assets, and representation in urban governance and formal institutions. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the hidden dimensions of urban poverty in India and how they affect men and women differently. The papers investigate women's livelihoods in both paid work, which is more often informal and subject to increasing insecurity and low earnings, and unpaid work, which results in time poverty for women.
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Papers by Dr. Prakhar Anand (Ph.D.)