Volume : 4, Issue : 11, November - 2015

Unorganised sector labour and social security: A Study

Dr. G. Ravi Sankar Reddy

Abstract :

<p>Small and tiny enterprises in India are creating more employment opportunities after late 90‘s. Currently these enter prises are employing most of the labour on regular wages. However these labour force are categorized as unorganised sector labour because of absence of social security schemes. The informal sector as de&ouml;ned in the resolution of the 15th International Conference of Labour Statisticians (ICLS), January 1993, consists of unincorporated household enterprises which differ from formal enterprises in terms of technology, economies of scale, use of labour intensive processes, and virtual absence of well -maintained accounts. Although there are many schemes and laws are existing for the welfare of social sector labour in India, there is no comprehensive scheme with social security. The present paper aims to examine the welfare measures and provisions in various existing social welfare laws and schemes in India for the welfare of the unorganised sector labour.</p>