Publications
The ILO Decent Work Technical Support Team and Country Office for India (DWT/CO-New Delhi) publishes a wide range of books, reports, working papers, training manuals, CD-ROMs, videos and flash movies. Some of these can be downloaded directly. Others can be requested or hard copies purchased from the ILO Communication & Information Unit in New Delhi or by email.
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2023
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BRICS-ILO Cooperation
02 May 2023
An overview of recent collaboration on development cooperation between governments, social partners, Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and private partners from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (the BRICS) and the International Labour Organization (ILO).
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Value chain analysis of the food processing sector in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha
17 April 2023
The report is produced by the development cooperation project ‘Promoting Sustainable Enterprises in India’ (PSEI) and aims at enriching knowledge of various market actors in the food processing sector in the two states for evidence-based design and implementation of sectoral policy initiatives.
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Promoting decent work in India: January to March 2023
31 March 2023
This is the first quarterly update of the ILO’s activities after the launch of its new Decent Work Country Programme for India – 2023-27.
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Good practices in apprenticeships in India: Challenges and opportunities
17 March 2023
This report was compiled under the ILO’s research project – Apprenticeship Development for Universal Lifelong Learning and Training (ADULT) – funded by the Government of Flanders. The project aims to explore how apprenticeship systems are being modernised and transformed to promote and enable lifelong learning and decent work for youth, adults, and older workers (both employed and unemployed). The country-level report “Good practices in apprenticeships in India: Challenges and opportunities” has been produced by the ILO as part of the ADULT project. It provides the overview of the apprenticeship system in India and discuss in detail the various reforms undertaken to promote apprenticeship in the country. With the help of primary research conducted as part of the report, new ideas and policy options have been evolved which enables lifelong learning mainstreaming apprenticeship in the TVET system of the country.
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World Employment and Social Outlook 2023: The value of essential work
15 March 2023
Key workers are essential for societies to function. The new edition of the ILO flagship report calls for a revaluation of their work to reflect their social contribution, and for greater investment in key sectors.
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More than a billion reasons: The urgent need to build universal social protection for children
01 March 2023
This second joint ILO-Unicef report on social protection for children outlines the devastating impact of a lack of social protection on child poverty, health, education, nutrition, child marriage and child labour.
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A flipbook on improving occupational safety and health in the natural stone industry in India
30 January 2023
This flipbook has been developed under the ILO initiative ‘Paving the way for sustainable development of natural stone industry in Rajasthan’ funded by the Government of Flanders (Belgium).
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Reproducing a household: Recognizing and assessing paid and unpaid domestic work in urban India
02 January 2023
This study report is an important contribution towards understanding employers’ perspectives, by recognising and assessing the paid and unpaid domestic work that goes into reproducing a household.
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Employer practices and perceptions on paid domestic work: Recruitment, employment relationships, and social protection
02 January 2023
This study report is an important contribution towards understanding employers’ perceptions, rationale and bases that underlie how employers in urban India engage, value, and perceive domestic work.
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Deficits in decent work: Employer perspectives and practices on the quality of employment in domestic work in urban India
02 January 2023
This study report contributes towards understanding employers’ perspectives on existing working conditions and practices relating to recruitment, income security, employment security and social security available to domestic workers.
2022
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Promoting decent work in India: October-December 2022
30 December 2022
This is the ninth edition of the update covering key initiatives and achievements of the ILO and its constituents contributing to the priorities of India Decent Work Country Programme 2018-22.
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Methods for spatial sampling of urban neighbourhoods by socio-economic status in Indian cities
27 December 2022
This brief note lays out an approach to neighbourhood selection and houselisting for large surveys in urban cities. This approach was used for a multiple round household survey in two India cities using quantitative and qualitative research methods to understand the dynamics of paid and unpaid works within households and employers’ perceptions on working conditions of domestic workers.
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India: The Employment - Environment - Climate Nexus: Employment and environmental sustainability factsheet
30 November 2022
The Employment-Environment-Climate Nexus Factsheets are a series produced for countries in the Asia-Pacific region. This Factsheet provides key features of labour market and environmental sustainability performance in India, as well as vulnerability to climate change and sectors with green jobs potential.
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Asia-Pacific Employment and Social Outlook 2022: Rethinking sectoral strategies for a human-centred future of work (Summary)
28 November 2022
Labour markets are recovering from the COVID-19 crisis in Asia and the Pacific, but now face new challenges like inflation and geopolitical tensions. The report gives the regional labour market context and makes a first-time assessment of regional sectoral estimates to highlight which sectors are growing as sources of jobs, which are shrinking and which harbour opportunities for “decent work”.
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Asia-Pacific Employment and Social Outlook 2022: Rethinking sectoral strategies for a human-centred future of work
28 November 2022
Labour markets are recovering from the COVID-19 crisis in Asia and the Pacific, but now face new challenges like inflation and geopolitical tensions. The report gives the regional labour market context and makes a first-time assessment of regional sectoral estimates to highlight which sectors are growing as sources of jobs, which are shrinking and which harbour opportunities for “decent work”.
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Promoting decent work in India: July-September 2022
01 October 2022
This is the eighth edition of the update covering key initiatives and achievements of the ILO and its constituents contributing to the priorities of India Decent Work Country Programme 2018-22.
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Good employee relation practices in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic and lessons learnt: India
26 September 2022
This research report, done with EFI and AIOE illustrates the value of good labour relations practices, based on strong cooperation between management and trade unions, in effectively responding to crises.
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World Social Protection Report 2020-22: Regional companion report for Asia and the Pacific
30 August 2022
This regional companion report is intended to complement the ILO’s World Social Protection Report 2020–22. It includes a section summarizing the status of social protection worldwide, followed by a section highlighting key social protection developments, challenges and priorities for this region from a life-cycle perspective.
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Women entrepreneurs leading the way: Promoting a circular economy and more sustainable practices in the garment sector
05 July 2022
The report outlines four women leaders in Asia’s garment and textile sector who are making positive contributions to sector-specific challenges related to gender equality, environmental sustainability and industry recovery from COVID-19. The entrepreneurs share their personal and business experiences showcasing sustainable enterprises, introduction of circular economies and adopting alternative leadership styles at work.
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Promoting decent work in India: May-June 2022
30 June 2022
This is the seveth edition of the update covering key initiatives and achievements of the ILO and its constituents contributing to the priorities of India Decent Work Country Programme 2018-22.