Socio-economic status of workers of building construction industry

By:

Guddi Tiwary, P K Gangopadhyay, S Biswas, K Nayak, M K Chatterjee, D. Chakraborty, S Mukherjee

Date: May 2012

Article Title: Socio-economic status of workers of building construction industry
Title of Journal: Indian Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine
Vol #: 16
Issue #: 2

Industrialization with the introduction of newly developed technologies plays an important role for development of a country. Building construction is the basic of industrial developments. In India it is one of the fastest growing industries with an annual growth of 10%. It has wide range of activities with employment of a substantial number of workers. They are mainly working in informal/unorganised sector.

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Informal Economy Theme

Social Protection

Informal Economy Topic

Poverty / Inequality

Region

East Asia & Southeast Asia

India

Language

English

Publication Type

Journal Articles