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by tuatoru 927 days ago
And that's in the formal economy in India, which employs a small fraction of those employed.

I found this mini-documentary by Polymatter[1] interesting. It asserts that Indian firms with ten or more employees are subject to inspections by the Indian labour inspectorate and a bunch of other requirements. For entirely unrelated reasons most Indian firms find 9 to be the optimum number of employees.

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lvzn41Lv-O4&t=1s