E-waste management in India covering project objectives, need of study (strengthen monitoring, improve operating practices, proper collection/transportation system, occupational health and safety), what is e-waste definition, city-wise and state-wise waste generation statistics in India, e-waste law (Management and Handling Rules 2010, effective May 1, 2012), generation rate, health and environmental impacts (lead, plastics, beryllium, mercury, cadmium, acids – dangers), literature review (CPCB study, Delhi-NCR dumping statistics), research methodology (Agra city focus, sample size 32, convenient sampling, primary and secondary data collection).
Contract labour case study covering Maruti Manesar incident analysis, increasing contractual labor deployment to reduce costs, contractual workers getting only quarter of regular worker wages, National Labour Institute study (55% workforce on contract, poorly paid), dissatisfaction reasons, law permitting contract workers to form unions, Joint Action Committee urging government amendment for Rs.10,000 minimum wages, counterargument (strikes and lockouts decreasing, contract labor enables large workforce, brings employability/flexibility/specialization, enables industrial competitiveness, offers large-scale employment generation), debate on whether contract labor is problem or solution.
Performance appraisal methods covering meaning of performance appraisal, what to measure and how to measure, appraisal methodologies (graphic rating scale, alternation ranking, paired comparison, forced distribution, critical incident, narrative forms, BARS, computerized), advantages and disadvantages of methods, reasons for appraisal program failure, rating errors (halo effect, leniency, central tendency, similarity errors, bias), and how to avoid appraisal problems through training, regular feedback, clear standards.
