Comments:
The article reads well and has highlighted the need to recognise the domestic workers importance and bring them under proper legislation and regulation.Sincethe liberalisation of the economy in the 1990s and with the invasion of Information Technology, there is a boom in the construction activities and related services,auto industries and things like that. This has resulted in the migration of labourers from the rural areas to urban and metro politan centres.The demand for domestic servants has increased manifold and their wages have taken a steep hike whether recognised or not officially.Of course they are not formally organised,but in metro centres like Bangalore,Mumbai etc,they are informally organised for good though the exploitation continues unchecked or noticed.As rightly said,the womenfolk form the majority of the domestic help but it has some negative social implications as many of their men folk remain unemployed and resort to a life socially undesirable and needs Govt's care
from: Dr.T.V.Gopalakrishnan
Posted on: Nov 16, 2012 at 10:41 IST
This appeared in Business Line dt16/11/12 in response to an article Changing Patterns of Domestic Work in Busiess Line dated 12/11/12)
