Table Of ContentEdited by
K. R. Shyam Sundar
Globalization, Labour
Market Institutions,
Processes and
Policies in India
Essays in Honour
of Lalit K. Deshpande
Foreword by K. P. Kannan
Globalization, Labour Market Institutions,
Processes and Policies in India
K. R. Shyam Sundar
Editor
Globalization, Labour
Market Institutions,
Processes and Policies
in India
Essays in Honour of Lalit K. Deshpande
Editor
K. R. Shyam Sundar
Professor, HRM Area
XLRI, Xavier School of Management
Jamshedpur, India
ISBN 978-981-13-7110-3 ISBN 978-981-13-7111-0 (eBook)
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-7111-0
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer
Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2019
This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the
Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of
translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on
microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval,
electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now
known or hereafter developed.
The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this
publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are
exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use.
The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information
in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the
publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to
the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The
publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and
institutional affiliations.
Cover design: eStudio Calamar
This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature
Singapore Pte Ltd.
The registered company address is: 152 Beach Road, #21- 01/04 Gateway East, Singapore
189721, Singapore
Dedicated
with
Love, Admiration and in Gratitude
P P l D 1
rofile of rofessor alit eshPanDe
acaDemic Qualifications anD affiliations
1. BA Economics, Elphinstone College, University of Bombay, 1951–55
2. MA Economics, Department of Economics, University of Bombay,
1955–57
3. PhD Economics, Ford Foundation Fellowship, Department of
Economics, University of Bombay, 1957–64
4. Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship, Stanford University, United
States of America, 1965–66
5. Reader in Labour Economics, Department of Economics, University
of Bombay, 1966–78
6. Visiting Fellow, Queen Elizabeth House, Oxford University, 1970–71
7. Professor of Development Economics, Department of Economics,
University of Bombay, 1978–93
8. Director, Department of Economics, University of Bombay, 1992–93
9. Supervised the doctoral dissertations of over ten research scholars at
Department of Economics, Bombay University
membershiP of boarDs
1. Member, Editorial Board, Indian Economic Journal, 1979–2013
2. Editor, Indian Journal of Labor Economics, 1985–90
1 Prepared by Arnav Deshpande, grandson of Professor Lalit K Deshpande and Dr Sudha
Deshpande, wife of Professor Lalit K Deshpande, retired as reader, Department of Economics,
Mumbai University, in consultation with Professor Lalit K Deshpande.
vii
viii PROFILE OF PROFESSOR LALIT DESHPANDE
3. Member, Editorial Board, Indian Journal of Labour Economics,
1979–81, 1989, 1991–2006, 2010–13
4. Member of Services Board, Reserve Bank of India, 1995–2000
5. Chairman, Study Group on Labour Statistics, Ministry of Labour,
Government of India, 1999
6. Member of Board of Management, Indira Gandhi Institute of
Development Research (IGIDR), Mumbai, 1996–2006
7. Member, Management Board, Gokhale Institute of Politics and
Economics, Pune
8. Member of Rest of Maharashtra Statutory Development Board
(Urvarit Maharashtra Vikas Mandal), Department of Planning,
Government of Maharashtra
books, book chaPters anD eDiteD Volumes
1. Sandesara, J.C., Deshpande, L.K. (Eds.) (1970). Wage Policy and
Wage Determination in India, Bombay: University of Bombay
2. Deshpande, L.K. (1970). “Competition and Labour Markets in
India”. In: J.C. Sandesara, L.K. Deshpande. (Eds.). Wage Policy
and Wage Determination in India, Bombay: University of Bombay
3. Deshpande, L.K., P.R. Brahmananda, and E.A.G. Robinson (Eds.)
(1983). Employment Policy in a Developing Economy, Vol. 1 & 2.
London: Macmillan Press
4. Deshpande, L.K. (1983). “Urban Labour Markets: Problems and
Policies”. In: L.K. Deshpande, P.R. Brahmananda, and E.A.G.
Robinson (Eds.), Employment Policy in a Developing Economy,
Volume 1, London: Macmillan Press
5. Deshpande, L.K. (1983). “Does Output-growth Necessarily Imply
Employment-growth?” In: L.K. Deshpande, P.R. Brahmananda,
and E.A.G. Robinson (Eds.), Employment Policy in a Developing
Economy, Volume 2, London: Macmillan Press
6. Deshpande, L.K. (1985). Segmentation of Labour Market: A Case
Study of Bombay. Hyderabad: Orient Longman Limited
7. Deshpande, L.K. (1992). “Institutional Interventions in the
Labour market in Bombay’s Manufacturing Sector”. In:
T.S. Papola, and Gerry Rodgers, (Eds.) Labour Institutions and
Economic Development in India. Geneva: International Labour
Organization (International Institute for Labour Studies)
PROFILE OF PROFESSOR LALIT DESHPANDE ix
8. Deshpande, L.K. (1993). “Economic Development and Labour
Market Interface in India” In: ed. T. S. Papola, P. P Ghosh, and
Alakh N Sharma (Eds.) Labour Employment and Industrial
Relations in India, Patna: Indian Society of Labour Economics.
Delhi: B R Publishing Corporation
9. Deshpande, L.K. (1994). “Economic Liberalization and Labour
in India”. In: L.K Deshpande and Gerry Rodgers (Eds.) The
Indian Labour Market and Economic Structural Change. New
Delhi: Indian Society of Labour Economics and B.R. Publishing
Corporation
10. Deshpande, L.K. and Gerry Rodgers (Eds.) (1994). The Indian
Labour Market and Economic Structural Change. New Delhi: Indian
Society of Labour Economics and B.R. Publishing Corporation
11. Deshpande, Sudha, Guy Standing, and L.K. Deshpande (1998).
Labour Flexibility in a Third World Metropolis: A Case Study of
Bombay. New Delhi: Commonwealth Publishers
12. Deshpande, L.K, Sudha Deshpande (1999). Amsterdam through
the Gateway of India. Amsterdam Study Centre for the Metropolitan
Environment
13. Deshpande, L.K, Alakh N Sharma, Anup K Karan and Sandip Sarkar
(2004). Liberalisation and Labour: Labour Flexibility in Indian
Manufacturing. New Delhi: Institute for Human Development
14. Deshpande, L.K. and A.K. Satpathy (2008). “Challenge of Full
Productive and Decent Employment in South Asia”. In: Moner
Alam, Armando Barrientos (Eds.), Demographics, Employment and
Old Age Security: Emerging Challenges in South Asia. Delhi:
Macmillan Publishers
Publications (Journals anD Working PaPers)
1. Deshpande, L.K. (1963). “Planning for Full Employment”.
Bombay Labour Journal, Vol. 3
2. Deshpande, L.K. and Sudha Deshpande (1985). “1981 Census
and Structure of Employment”. Economic and Political Weekly,
Vol. 20, No. 22
3. Deshpande, L.K. (1979). “Wage Structure”. Indian Journal of
Labour Economics, Vol. 22, No. 1 and 2
4. Deshpande, L.K. (1982). “Economic Framework and Resolution of
Industrial Conflict”. Cochin University Law Review, Vol. 9, 316–322
x PROFILE OF PROFESSOR LALIT DESHPANDE
5. Deshpande, L.K. (1988). Flexibility in the Bombay Labour Market.
World Employment Programme Working Paper No. 24,
International Labour Organization, Geneva
6. Deshpande, L.K. and Sudha Deshpande (1989). Recent
Developments in Bombay Labour Market-A Review. Department of
Economics, University of Bombay (mimeograph)
7. Deshpande L.K., (1990). “Economic Development and Labour
Market Interface in India”. Indian Journal of Labour Economics,
Vol. 1, No. 1
8. Deshpande, Sudha, L.K. Deshpande. (1990). Mobility in Bombay’s
Manufacturing Sector. Asian Regional Team for Employment
Promotion Working Paper, International Labour Organization
9. Deshpande, Sudha and L.K. Deshpande (1991). Problems of
Urbanisation and Growth of Large Cities in Developing Countries:
A Case Study of Bombay. World Employment Programme Working
Paper No. 177, International Labour Organization, Geneva
10. Deshpande, L.K. and Sudha Deshpande (1992). Segmentation and
Structural Adjustment. Paper presentation at Seminar on
Manpower and Employment Implications of Restructuring at
Institute of Applied Manpower Research, New Delhi
11. Deshpande, L.K. (1992). “Economic Liberalization and Labour”.
The Indian Journal of Labour Economics, Vol. 35, No. 4
12. Deshpande, Sudha and L.K. Deshpande (1992). “New Economic
Policy and Female Employment”. Economic and Political Weekly,
Vol. 27, No. 41, 2248–2252
13. Deshpande, L.K., Sudha Deshpande and K.R. Shyam Sundar
(1992). “New Economic Policies and Labour Sector”, Indian
Economic Journal, Vol. 39, No. 3
14. Deshpande, Sudha and L.K. Deshpande (1993). “Employment
Generation in Maharashtra 1981–1991: District Level Analysis”.
Indian Journal of Labour Economics, Vol. 36, No. 4
15. Deshpande, Sudha, Deshpande, L.K., (1994). “Bombay Labour
Flexibility Survey: A Micro Level Contribution”. Indian Journal of
Labour Economics, Vol. 37, No. 4
16. Rizwan Islam, L.K. Deshpande (1995). “Transfer, Adoption and
Diffusion of Technology for Small and Cottage Industries”. Indian
Journal of Labour Economics, Vol. 38, No. 1
17. Deshpande, L.K. (1996). “Impact of Liberalisation on Labour
Market in Industrial Relations in India”. Indian Journal of Labour
Economics, Vol. 39, No. 3
PROFILE OF PROFESSOR LALIT DESHPANDE xi
18. Deshpande, Sudha, L.K. Deshpande (1997). “Gender-based
Discrimination in the Urban Labour Market in India”. Indian
Journal of Labour Economics, Vol. 40, No. 3
19. Deshpande, Sudha, Deshpande, L.K. (1998). “Impact of
Liberalisation on Labour Market in India: What Do Facts from
NSSO’s 50th Round Show?”. Economic and Political Weekly, Vol.
33, No. 22, L31–L39
20. Deshpande, L.K. (1998). “Migration in Bihar”. Economic and
Political Weekly, Vol. 33, No. 14
21. Deshpande, Sudha, L.K. Deshpande (1998). “Impact of
Liberalization on Work, Worklessness and Earnings in Mumbai”.
Urban India, Vol. 18, No. 1
22. Deshpande, L.K. (1999). “Labor Standards and Structural
Adjustment”. Indian Journal of Labor Economics, Vol. 42, No. 1
23. Deshpande, L.K. (2001). “Labour Flexibility in India”. Indian
Journal of Labour Economics, Vol. 44, No. 3
24. Deshpande, Sudha, L.K. Deshpande (2003). “Changing
Employment Structure in Large states of India: What do the NSSO
Show?”. Indian Journal of Labour Economics, Vol. 46, No. 4
25. Deshpande, L.K., (2004). “ILO, Key Indicators of the Labour
Market”. Indian Journal of Labour Economics, Vol. 47, No. 3
26. Deshpande, L.K, A.K. Satpathy, and Sudha Deshpande. (2007).
“Personal Income Distribution and Heterogeneity of Labour
Markets in India”. Indian Journal of Labour Economics,
Vol. 50, No. 4
27. Deshpande, L.K. (2008). “‘NCEUS’ Indian Gospel of Decent
Work”. Indian Journal of Labour Economics, Vol. 51, No. 2
reVieW articles
1. Deshpande, L.K. (2000). “A Little Embarrassment of Sociological
Riches: Studies into the Worlds of Indian Industrial Labour”.
Journal of Indian School of Political Economy, Vol. 12, No. 2. (Review
of: Parry, Jonathan P., Jan Breman, Kann Kapadia, ed. ‘The Worlds
of Indian Industrial Labour’, Sage Publication, New Delhi)
2. Deshpande L.K., (2002). “Global Labour Flexibility”. Indian
Journal of Labour Economics, Vol. 45, No. 2. (Review of: Guy
Standing (1999) ‘Global Labour Flexibility: Seeking Distributive
Justice’. ILO, Palgrave Macmillan, UK)
