1.
K.r. Shyam Sundar
– Professor, Xlri, Xavier School Of Management
2.
Rahul Suresh Sapkal
– Professor, Xlri, Xavier School Of Management
Abstract
The rising wage inequality between
regular and contract workers
in the manufacturing sector
in India is posing serious challenges
to the government’s reform
agenda as it is externalizing the
tremendous social and political
costs for undertaking pro-market
reforms. This paper seeks to analyze
the trends in the wage inequality
between regular and contract
workers in the Indian manufacturing
during 2000-2013.It
was found that wage differentials
are not only higher but widening
over the years though slightly.
Pro-worker regulatory climate in
fact protects the interests of precarious
workers like the contract
workers. The government must
focus on redesigning labor policies
in conformity with ILO standards
and decent work programs
that will promote both efficiency
and equity in labor market in India.
