This article explores trends in urban employment in India, with a focus on urban informal employment. The data presented are from three of the recent large-sample rounds of the National Sample Survey which are carried out every five years in India: the 55th Round covering 1999–2000; the 61st...

The first edition of this unique Handbook was praised for its substantial and invaluable summary discussions of work by anthropologists on economic processes and issues, on the relationship between economic and non-economic areas of life and on the conceptual orientations that are important...