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What Holds Back Informal Enterprises in India?

What Holds Back Informal Enterprises in India?

by | Sep 7, 2026 | Comment

By Rajesh Raj S N and Kunal Sen India’s informal economy is often discussed through the lives of its workers: low wages, insecure employment and the absence of social protection. All these issues matter. But there is another question that receives much less attention....