CONTENTS I. PERSPECTIVE AND LOGIC OF ANALYSIS 1 II. GENDERED POLICY STATEMENTS AND BUDGET COMMITMENTS: AN APPLIED CRITIQUE 6 Introduction6 Policy Commitments6 Translation of Gender Policy Commitments into Maharashtra's Plans and Budgets 9 Conclusion 15 III. SMALL SCALE INDUSTRIES: MACRO AND MESO BUDGET PERSPECTIVES 17 Introduction 17 Contribution of Small Scale Industries: National and Regional Scenario 17 Locating Small Scale Industries (SSI) in Maharashtra's Plans and Budgets 23 Conclusion 25 IV. GENDERED STATE RESPONSE TO CHANGING PATTERNS IN SMALL SCALE MANUFACTURING AND EMPLOYMENT IN GREATER MUMBAI 27 Introduction 27 Small Scale Manufacturing Patterns in Greater Mumbai 27 Gendered Employment Related Initiatives of Maharashtra Government30 Conclusion 35 V. INDUSTRIAL ESTATES IN GREATER MUMBAI: METHODOLOGICAL BASIS OF SELECTION AND MANUFACTURING ACTIVITIES OF IDENTIFIED SMALL SCALE UNITS 37 Introduction 37 Industrial Estates in Greater Mumbai: Decadal Analysis of Manufacturing Activities 37 Selection of Industrial Estates and Manufacturing Activities of Small Scale Units 40 VI. GENDERED REALITY OF WORKERS IN SMALL SCALE MANUFACTURIES 42 Introduction 42 Economic and Extra-Economic Issues 43 Household Income and Expenditure Patterns 47 Gendered Work and Working Patterns 52 Conclusion 60 VII. HEALTH AND OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY 62 Introduction 62 Work and Health Conditions in Industrial Estates 62 Industry-Specific Impacts on Health and Safety 64 Conclusion 66 MANIFESTATION OF MACRO AND MESO POLICIES IN THE GENDERED REALITY OF WORKERS' EXISTENCE 67 Introduction 67 Analysis of Felt Impact of Macro and Meso Policies 67 Conclusion 82 IX. IN LIEU OF A CONCLUSION 83 ANNEX -88 SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY 90