Labour Law Reforms in India

Anamitra Roychowdhury teaches economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. Previously, he taught at St. Stephen’s College, University of Delhi. He completed his doctoral studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University and his areas of interest include development economics, labour economics, Indian economy and macroeconomics. He has published a number of research articles in many renowned international and national journals including International Labour Review, Agrarian South: Journal of Political Economy, Economic and Political Weekly and Social Scientist. His commentaries on contemporary economic issues have appeared in Global Labour Column, Mainstream and Macroscan.

List of Figures. List of Tables. Foreword. Acknowledgements. List of Abbreviations. Introduction 1. Present Status of Labour Laws in India and their Proposed Amendments 2. A Critical Examination of the Labour Market Flexibility Debate in India 3. Explanation of Jobless Growth in Indian Manufacturing and Trends in Labour Conditions 4. Identifying the Theoretical Structure Underlying Labour Market Flexibility and its Critical Examination 5. Some Market Clearing Models on Labour Market Flexibility 6. Effectiveness of Labour Market Flexibility in Face of Effective Demand Constraint 7. Labour Market Flexibility in an Open Economy Context 8. Concluding Remarks: Labour Market Flexibility and the Proposal for Laissez-Faire Capitalism. Bibliography