National Seminar on
The Unorganised Sector in India: Extending the Debate to Mining and Quarrying
Date: 27-28 July, 2013
Venue: Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Jaipur, India
Seminar Programme
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Day 1 Saturday, July 27, 2013 |
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| Welcome | ||
| 9:10 am | Welcome AddressRana Sengupta, Managing Trustee and CEO, Mine Labour Protection Campaign (MLPC) | |
| 9:20 am | About the SeminarDr. Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt, Senior Fellow, Australian National University (ANU) | |
| Session I | Round Table by Experts | |
| 9.25 -9.40am | Keynote AddressSharad C. Sinha, Member, National Human Rights Commission | |
| 9:40 am | An overview of mining sector in RajasthanMr. Sudhansh Pant IAS, Principal Secretary Mining, Rajasthan | |
| 10.00 am | Development Issues in mining and quarryingDr. Surjit Singh, Director, Institute of Development Studies (IDS) | |
| 10:15 am | Occupational Diseases among unorganised mine and quarry workersDr. Katoch IAS, Director, Indian Council of Medical Research | |
| 10.30am | Safety of Unorganised Workers in mines & quarriesMr. Rahul Guha, Director General, Directorate General of Mines Safety (DGMS), Ministry of Labour and Employment | |
| 10.55am | Mine workers and Mining – who takes Revenue, who takes ResponsibilityMr. Devarajan, Member, State Human Rights Commission | |
| 11.15 | Open Discussion | |
| 11:30 am | Tea Break | |
| Session II: Perspectives from Community – Chair Prof. Bipin Jojo, TISS | ||
| 11.45 | Voices from MaharashtraBastu Rege, Santulan | |
| 12.10 | Voices from JharkhandGopal Krishna, BANI | |
| 12.30 | Voices from OrissaDeme Kindo | |
| 12.50 | Voices from JharkhandJustin Imam | |
| 1.00 | Voices from RajasthanVikas Bharadwaj, Dang Vikas Sansthan | |
| 1.10 – 1.30 | Open Discussion | |
| 1.30 to 2.30 | LUNCH | |
| Session III: Academic and Industry Perspective on Unorganised Sector – Chair Dr. R. Sreedhar, Environics Trust | ||
| 2.30pm | Law and Unorganised workers in Mining and Quarrying of Minor MineralsProf. Babu Mathews, National Law University, Delhi | |
| 3 pm | Unorganised mine workers and welfare measuresMr. R.P. Parikh, Joint Secretary, Rajasthan Building & Other Construction Workers Welfare Board | |
| 3.30 | Issues of Labour among unorganised mine workersProf. Sharit Bhowmick, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai | |
| 4 pm | Trade unions among unorganised mine workersMr. Ashim Roy, NTUI (New Trade Union Initiative) | |
| 4:30 pm | Open Discussion | |
| 4.40 | Tea Break | |
| Session IV: Presentation of Papers – Chair Dr. Surjit Singh, Director, IDS | ||
| 4:50 pm | The insecurities among unorganised workers: A study of construction workers in Aravali range of NCR Gurgaon regionBalaji Rao & Prof. SP Singh, Dept. Of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Roorkee | |
| 5:00 pm | Migrant Labour In The Unorganized Sector: A Case Study In DelhiPooja Singh, Assistant Professor, IIMT & School of Law, GGSIPU, Delhi | |
| 5.10 pm | Social Security and Livelihood of Migrant Workers – Experience from Un-organized Sectors of OdishaDr. Pradip Kumar Parida, Dr. Pranaya Kumar Parida & Dr Smita Raut, IIPA | |
| 5.20 pm | Open Discussion | |
| 5.30pm | Closing of the Day – Ashim Roy, NTUI | |
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Day 2 Sunday, July 28, 2013 |
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9.15am |
Welcome – Dr. Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt |
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| Session V: Occupational Health of Unorganised Mine workers – Chair Dr. Sunil Kumar, Director, NIOH | ||
| 9.30 am | Occupational Health Concerns among MineworkersDr. Sunil Kumar, Director, National Institute of Occupational Health | |
| 9.55am | Occupational Diseases among Mine workers – Diagnosis and Aftercare Dr. Abhijeet Jadhav, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai |
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| 10.10 | Status of Women participation, Socio-economic Stress and Occupational Health & Safety in Mining Sector- A Case Study from Southern Rajasthan.Dr. Vinod Agrawal, Professor & Head, Department of Geology, M.L. Sukhadia University, Udaipur | |
| 10.25 | Assessment of health issues among unorganized sector of miningAbsar Ahmed and Manoj Alagarajan, IIPS, Mumbai | |
| 10.35 | Can New Media Address the Health and Safety Issues in Unorganized Mines?Dr. Dharmesh Pushpa Dhawankar, Nagpur University, Nagpur | |
| 10.45am | Open Discussion | |
| 11am | Tea Break | |
| Session VI | Issues within Mining and Quarrying in India – Chair Dr. Parasuraman, Director, TISS | |
| 11.15 | Mining and Quarrying over the decadeProf. Parasuraman, Director, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai | |
| 11.45 | Transitions from Skilled Cultivators to Industrial Labourers: Employment Promises and Realities in the Mining/Metals IndustryDr. Felix Padel, Centre for World Environmental History, University of Sussex | |
| 12 pm | Reimagining capital and labourDr. Arup Sen, West Bengal | |
| 12.10 | Caste Exploitation in Mining and QuarryingSiddaramu B & Gautama Buddha, Delhi University | |
| 12.20 | Open Discussion | |
| Session VII | Mining and quarrying – issues of livelihood – Chair Prof. Vinod Aggrawal | |
| 12.35 | Official statistics and Indian mining industryDr .Molly Chattopadhyay, Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta | |
| 12.45 | Livelihoods in artisanal gold mining in South IndiaAmalendu Jyotishi, Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt and Priya Gupta, Tamil Nadu | |
| 12.55 | Mumbai Contract labour in unorganised sector in IndiaProf. Shyam Sundar, Head, Department of Economics, Mumbai University | |
| 1.10 pm | Open Discussion | |
| 1.15pm | LUNCH | |
| Session VIII | Human Rights Violations in Mining and Quarrying in India – Chair Prof. Babu Mathews , National Law University | |
| 2.15 pm | Human rights and mine workersMr. Devarajan, Member, State Human Rights Commission | |
| 2.45pm | Export of stones, exploitation of labour: Supply chain liabilitiesKrishnendu Mukherji, Barrister, United Kingdom & Bombay High Court Advocate, India | |
| 2.55pm | Plenary – Dr. Yogesh Dube, Member and Chairperson of working committee on Child labour in Mining, National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) | |
| 3.15pm | Tea Break | |
| Conclusion: Way forward – Chair Mr. Devarajan and Dr. Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt | ||
| 3.30-4pm | Open Discussion | |
| MLPC Media Awards – Chair Rana Sengupta | ||
| 4pm-4.45 pm | Ms. Tania Cass, Oxfam Australia; Mr. Devarajan; Dr. Dube ; Dr. Surjit Singh;Dr. Parasuraman | |
| 4.45 – 5pm | Vote of Thanks Dr. Bipin Jojo, Trustee, Mine Labour Protection Campaign Trust | |