India’s forests are under threat
According to the World Wide Fund for Nature, we are losing 130,000 square km of forest cover every day. Another study by the Center for Global Development shows that if the loss of vegetation continues unabated at…
Criminal Justice & Human Rights
Throughout the world, criminal justice systems are principal sources of grave human rights violations, including extrajudicial executions, torture, arbitrary detention, and discrimination. Over the past decade, the International Human Rights…
Unorganised Worker
The term ‘unorganized worker’ is defined in India under Section 2(m) of the Unorganized Workers Social Security Act, 2008. An unorganised worker is a home-based worker or a self-employed worker or a wage worker in the unorganized sector and…
Child labour and exploitation
According to data from Census 2011, the number of child labourers in India is 10.1 million of which 5.6 million are boys and 4.5 million are girls. A total of…
Migrant Workers
Romanians picking onions in Spalding; Indians building hotel complexes in Dubai; Chinese migrant workers making sandals in Schenzen factories; Mexicans toiling in Californian tomato fields: all are part of an…
Agriculture Labour
The first Agricultural Labour Enquiry Committee of 1950-51 regarded those people as agricultural workers who were engaged in raising crops on payment of wages. Since in India, a large number…
Casual workers most exploited
The latest unemployment figures have revealed symptoms of a long rise in inequality and falling living standards for working Australians. The unemployment rate now stands at 5.7% — the highest…
Problems of Matrix Organizations
No organization design or method of management is perfect. And any form can suffer from a variety of problems that develop because of the design itself. This is particularly true…
Advantages & Disadvantages of Hierarchical Structure
What Are the Advantages & Disadvantages of Hierarchical Structure? Large businesses have been moving away from a traditional hierarchy in favor of structures that use a team approach or networks…
