Contract workforce
ESG & GovernancePeople who work at a company's sites but are employed through contractors or agencies rather than directly.
Contract workers are common in Indian manufacturing, construction, mining and services. They often do the riskiest jobs with lower pay and less security. Their safety and conditions can be missing from headline employee figures, so check whether BRSR "workers" data and safety figures include them.
Related terms
Learn the concept
From the research
A Comparative Financial Analysis of Three Listed Companies
Three IT services leaders, five years of numbers: similar growth, very different margins and returns on capital, and their October 2026 valuations.
MarketsIPO Issue Price vs. Listing Price vs. Subsequent Performance
Seven of India's most talked-about IPOs since 2021, tracked from issue price to listing to October 2026. Buying on listing day lost money in six of seven.
ValuationPaytm: Valuing a Company With No Clean Comparable
Paytm is part payments processor, part device business, part loan distributor. Why no single peer fits, and how to value it in parts and in reverse.