1. PROTECTING THE VULNERABLES
PROVIDING SOCIAL WELFARE TO INFORMAL
SECTOR WORKERS
TEAM DETAILS:
ASHISH GHILDIYAL
RAJAT KUMAR
SAURABH CHAUHAN
ROHAN GOSAIN
NANDINI SINGH

2. The informal sector constitutes about 90% of the workforce in India but still they are
deprived of the basic facilities.
PROBLEMS RELATED TO INFORMAL SECTOR:
•Low wages
•Lack of proper working conditions
•Social Insecurity
•Poor medical facilities
•Low literacy rate
TOTAL EMPLOYMENT IN
2009-10
ORGANISED
UNORGANISED

3. PROPOSED SOLUTION
•Forming a centralized
organization working
for the welfare of the
informal sector
workers.
•Sub division of the
organization into
different sectors
consisting of their own
governing body.
•Central committee to
monitor the working of
all the sector.
Central
committee
Agriculture
Department
Transport
Department
Construction
Department
Industrial
Department
Domestic
Workers
Vendors
Fisheries
Department

4. Structure of the governing body
Each sector is to be governed as per the following hierarchy:
CHAIRPERSON(CENTRAL
COMMITTEE)
DIRECTOR
FINANCIAL COMMITTEE
FTE:10
MANAGEMENT
COMMITTEE
FTE:10
CITY
CONTROLLER
CITY
CONTROLLER
DEPARTMENT
HEAD
DEPARTMENT
HEAD
MANAGEMENT
COMMITTEE
FTE:5
MANAGEMENT
COMMITTEE
FTE:5
INFORMAL
WORKERS
INFORMAL
WORKERS
FINANCE
COMMITTEE
FTE:3
FINANCE
COMMITTEE
FTE:3
REGIONAL LEVELCENTRAL LEVEL

5. FUNCTION OF THE COMMITTEES
AGRICULTURE
COMMITTEE
Buying the produce directly from farmers.
Providing the goods to central committee for further distribution.
Fixing the rates of the crops for the farmers.
Granting compensation to farmers in case of famines and
droughts.
Arranging for a team of scientists annually to examine the soil
condition.
Running a 24*7 helpline for the farmers.
Setting up of local banks providing loans to farmers.
VENDORS
COMMITTEE
FISHERIES
COMMITTEE
Buying of goods from central committee.
Assigning areas to its workers.
Daily collection of the income from the workers.
Monthly distribution of the workers salaries.
Granting bonuses to workers based on their performance.
To monitor the production and selling of fish products.
Buying the fishes from the workers.
Setting up of a transportation network for timely transportation of
goods.
Finding nearby markets for quick consumption of the produce.
Formation of preservation centers.
Setting up of weather stations to warn the fishermen about
storms and hurricanes.

6. FUNCTION OF THE COMMITTEES
DOMESTIC
WORKERS
COMMITTEE
TRANSPORT
COMMITEE
CONSTRUCTION
COMMITTEE
INDUSTRIAL
COMMITTEE
Serving as a bridge between domestic workers and owners.
Fixing the wages and working hours for the workers.
Giving preference to widows.
Solving disputes between workers and owners.
Running a 24*7 helpline for the customers for booking.
To fix the rates per km for the convenience and attraction of
customers.
To find ways to make the services attractive among customers.
Searching job opportunities for the workers.
Fixing minimum wages for the workers.
Allotment of workers at the construction sites.
Providing houses to workers with collaboration with government
housing schemes.
Fixing wages for the workers.
Ensure safe working condition for the workers.
Starting up new projects with collaboration with private sectors
promoting new job opportunities for workers.
Organizing short term training programmes

7. FARMERS
FISHERMEN
TRANSPORT
FOOD
TRANSPORTATION
DOMESTIC
INDUSTRIAL
CONSTRUCTION
VENDORS
FISHERMEN
INDUSTRIAL
CONSTRUCTION
TRANSPORT
DOMESTIC
VENDORS
Central committee
will directly buy the
food from the
farmers
Central committee will provide
transportation facility to other
sectors at 10% profit
Central
committee will
provide rations to
other sectors at
minimum rates
Good provided by the central
committee to vendors for
distribution

8. POLICIES IMPLEMENTATION
SCHOOLING FACILITY Free schooling for children of
all the workers
Providing compulsory
education till class 12.
Providing assistance to those
who opt for higher studies on
the basis of merit.
Abandoned government
buildings to be renovated and
used for this purpose.
All the willing retired personals
and people engaged with NGOs
to work as teachers.
PENSION Providing monthly pension to
all the workers of the
organization after retirement.
A different board is to be set up
that will keep record of all the
pensioners and carry out the
distribution of the pension.
All the workers will deposit 5% of
their income.
LOANS Providing loan facility for the
workers.
Tie up with nationalized banks.
The bank will provide loan at 2%
interest per annum.
The maximum limit for loan will be
Rs 1 Lac.

9. A
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B
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D
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E
T
ORGANISATIONAL
COST
LOGISTIC
COST
TECHNOLOGY
COST
CHAIRPERSON {10 LACS}
DIRCTOR {8 LACS}
CENTRAL OFFICERS {5 LACS}
CITY CONTROLLER {6 LACS}
DEPARTMENT HEAD {5 LACS}
REGIONAL OFFICERS {4.5 LACS}
ESTABLISHMENT {50 CRORES}
COMMUNICATION{25 CRORES}
ADVERTISMENT{25 CRORES}
The organizational model will require a funding of INR 600 Cr from government bodies and
NGOs.

10. The program will be able to impact 437 million informal sector workers
in India
BETTER WAGES
•Better living conditions
•Increase in GDP of the
country
•Improved health
facilities for all families
•Less number of
families below poverty
line.
PENSION AND FUNDS
•Secure future
•Financial support for
offspring
•Reasonable savings
SCHOOLS
•Better education for
children
•Ability to compete in the
growing world
•Secure future for coming
generations
•Social awareness
•Increase in literacy rate
The system as a whole will help in ensuring regular income for the vulnerable and will
help them lead lives in a better and efficient way.
The episodes of crimes will be reduced to a great extent as poverty and lack of
education forces many small scale workers to indulge in crimes even if they are
unwilling to do so.

11. ORGANISATIONAL
CHALLENEGES
•Difficulty in
management
•Difficulty in raising funds
to start with
IMPLEMENTATION
CHALLENGES
•Communication gap
between employees
•Lack of fighting spirit
due to equal income
MITIGATION
TECHNIQUES
•Timely and corruption
free organization
•Contribution by
government as well as
NGOs
•Proper distribution
of work
•Regular meetings at
city level
•Monthly bonus for
outstanding workers

12. REFERENCES:
•The Challenge of Employment in India, NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR ENTERPRISES IN THE
UNORGANISED SECTOR
•Report No. 519 (61/10/7), National Sample Survey Organisation ,Ministry of Statistics &
Programme Implementation Government of India
•Size, Contribution and Characteristics of Informal Employment in India, Jeemol Unni , The
Gujarat Institute of Development Research, Ahmedabad, India
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