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Textiles’ – the word brings up images of beautiful drapes – cotton, silk, chiffon, lace. Whether it is the material draped on the figurine of the lady f...
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Textiles the word brings up images of beautiful drapes cotton, silk, chiffon, lace. Whether it is the material draped on the figurine of the lady from Mohenjadaro, the stylish drapes of Cleopatra, the ball dance gowns of the Victorian Era or the lovely dresses worn by our own queens and princesse...

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  Tapping Sustainable Energy Alternatives
  The second lead article, which is also focus article, is written by Shri N Bhadran Nair. Citing a report of the World Health Organisation, the author has advocated for tapping sustainable energy alternatives
  Financing Renewables in India
  The third article is written by Shri P C Maithani, Adviser, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. He has focussed on renewable energy resources
  Steps to Achieve India’s Solar Potential
  The special article is written by Sumant Sinha, Chairman and Managing Director of ReNew Power. He opines that India must also honour its global commitments on curbing greenhouse gas emissions
The Informal Sector from a Knowledge Perspective
Amit Basole

The informal sector is commonly thought of as a site of low-skilled or unskilled work. The National Commission on Enterprises in the Unorganised Sector (NCEUS) took the position that the vast majority of the informal workforce is unskilled (Sengupta et al. 2009: 3). This conclusion relies on two empirical facts: the low levels of formal education and training among informal sector workers and low wages as well as low productivity prevailing in this sector. In this article, I take a closer look at both these aspects. In contrast to most policy and academic approaches on the issue, my claim is that there exists a vast store of knowledge in the informal sector alongside well-established (though poorly understood) institutions of knowledge transfer and skill formation. In addition to published studies, this essay draws on empirical data from the Census of Small-Scale Industry, the NSS and fieldwork among weavers and food sellers in Banar with “traditional and indigenous knowledge” (TK/IK) which is believed to have a world-view and epistemology as well as institutions of knowledge production and transfer distinct from modern knowledge.

 
 
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