Industrial Clusters, Migrant Workers, and Labour Markets in India

This book analyzes three points: employment conditions for migrant workers, the impact of industrialization as part of industrial clusters upon surrounding and outlying villages, and the labour market in industrial clusters. This book examines the cases of two newly developed industrial clusters: Ludhiana in Punjab and Tiruppur in Tamil Nadu.

1. Introduction: Development of Industrial Clusters and the Labour Force; Shuji Uchikawa 2. Migrant Workers in Ludhiana; Jesim Pais and Yoshifumi Usami 3. Knitted Together: The Life of Migrants in Tiruppur Garment Cluster; Muniandi Jegadeesan and Koichi Fujita 4. Pattern of Rural Livelihoods in Punjab: The Role of Industrial and Urban Linkages; Kamal Vatta 5. Impact of Non-Farm Employment on Landholding Structures in Punjab: Comparison of Three Villages; Daizo Sugimoto 6. Industrial Growth and Indian Agriculture: Insights from Two Villages near Tiruppur, Tamil Nadu; D. Suresh Kumar and Koichi Fujita 7. Tiruppur's Labour Market on the Move: An Examination of Its Industrial Relations with Special Focus on the Institutional Actors in the Apparel Industry; Hitoshi Ota 8. Structure of the Steel Industry and Firm Level Labour Management in Mandi Gobindgarh and Ludhiana; Etsuro Ishigami

Shuji Uchikawa Jesim Pais Yoshifumi Usami Muniandi Jegadeesan Koichi Fujita Kamal Vatta Daizo Sugimoto D. Suresh Kumar Koichi Fujita Hitoshi Ota Etsuro Ishigami