- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Tables, Figures, and Boxes
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Demographics of Education Levels and Type of Education
- 3 Economy and Employment
- 4 Social Structure, Diversity, and Economic Growth
- 5 Monitoring Equal Opportunity through Human Development Index
- 6 Critical Analysis of the Programmes of the Ministry of Minority Affairs
- 7 Development Credit and Financial Inclusion
- 8 Special Purpose Programmes and Public Institutions Favouring Minorities
- 9 A Case Study of Inclusive Development of Gujarat
- 10 Equitable Social and Economic Development in India
- Appendix A1 Notification of Prime Minister’s Office
- Appendix A2 Limitations of the Study (Chapter 4)
- Appendix A3 Reference tables for Chapter 5
- Appendix A4 Reference Tables for Chapter 6
- Appendix A5 Reference Tables for Chapter 7
- Appendix A6 Reference Tables for Chapter 8
- Appendix A7 Reference Tables for Chapter 9
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author
Economy and Employment
Economy and Employment
- Chapter:
- (p.93) 3 Economy and Employment
- Source:
- Institutionalizing Constitutional Rights
- Author(s):
Abusaleh Shariff
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Work participation data and employment rates are the subject of Chapter 3. While India’s working population is largely in the informal employment sector or self-employed, Muslims are moving from the informal sector to the better-paying organized sector more slowly than other groups. Muslims are left out of many labour and employment preparation programmes. The government’s recent landmark Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme is a panacea of a sort for rural poor across India, but data in this chapter shows the surprising result that Muslims’ participation is negligible and conclusions discuss how and why this is so.
Keywords: informal economy, unemployment, entitlements, food-for-work programmes, Muslims, discrimination
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Tables, Figures, and Boxes
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Demographics of Education Levels and Type of Education
- 3 Economy and Employment
- 4 Social Structure, Diversity, and Economic Growth
- 5 Monitoring Equal Opportunity through Human Development Index
- 6 Critical Analysis of the Programmes of the Ministry of Minority Affairs
- 7 Development Credit and Financial Inclusion
- 8 Special Purpose Programmes and Public Institutions Favouring Minorities
- 9 A Case Study of Inclusive Development of Gujarat
- 10 Equitable Social and Economic Development in India
- Appendix A1 Notification of Prime Minister’s Office
- Appendix A2 Limitations of the Study (Chapter 4)
- Appendix A3 Reference tables for Chapter 5
- Appendix A4 Reference Tables for Chapter 6
- Appendix A5 Reference Tables for Chapter 7
- Appendix A6 Reference Tables for Chapter 8
- Appendix A7 Reference Tables for Chapter 9
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author