The document proposes a model for providing social welfare to workers in the informal sector in India. It suggests establishing a new Ministry of Labor and Informal Sectors along with several subordinate offices to address issues like healthcare, education, financial support, and social security for informal workers. The model aims to improve conditions for India's large informal workforce through coordinated efforts across new and existing government organizations.
This document proposes a digitized model for providing social welfare to informal workers in India. It notes that over 94% of India's workforce is informal. The proposed model would register informal workers through a unique ID and bank account. Funds would be distributed through an "Informal Sector Machine" (ISM) network similar to ATMs. A management team consisting of NGO members, social workers, and IT graduates would oversee fair distribution of government welfare funds to registered informal workers. The digitized system aims to provide regular work, proper wages, and access to healthcare, pension, and other benefits while minimizing corruption. Implementation challenges include gaining acceptance from informal workers and cooperation from banks to use the ISM network.
(1) The document discusses providing social welfare and social security to workers in India's large informal sector. (2) It notes that over 90% of India's workforce is informal and contributes around 50% of GDP. (3) However, existing social security laws only cover about 8% of the workforce. It therefore proposes a governing body to identify informal workers and provide financial assistance for healthcare, education, maternity leave and other needs.
The document discusses the importance of social welfare programs for workers in India's informal sector. It notes that the informal sector makes up around 90% of India's total employment but lacks protections like employment security, healthcare, insurance, and retirement benefits. As a result, informal workers face numerous social insecurities. It argues for formalizing the informal sector and strengthening government and community organizations to expand access to social services, healthcare, job training, and financial assistance for informal workers. However, it also recognizes challenges in implementing such programs at remote areas and the potential for corruption.
1) India has a workforce of 487 million people, with 94% or 457 million working in the informal sector, mostly in agriculture.
2) The informal sector lacks social protections like labor laws, income taxation, and employment benefits that are provided in the formal sector.
3) There is a need to reform laws to better protect informal workers through a unified social security law, enforcing minimum wage and other labor rights, and increasing vocational training opportunities.
The document discusses the informal sector in India. It notes that over 90% of India's workforce belongs to the informal sector, which accounts for about 50% of India's national product. The informal sector includes wage workers without fixed employers, casual daily laborers, domestic workers without contracts, and temporary or part-time workers. Employees are considered informal if they are not protected by labor laws, subject to income tax, or entitled to benefits like paid leave. The government has taken some steps to provide social security, welfare funds, and other programs for informal sector workers.
The document discusses recommendations for a universal social security system for unorganized workers in India. It proposes a single window architecture governed by a national agency. Key elements include: registration of workers using biometric IDs; awareness campaigns and surveys; establishment of workers' facilitation centers for enrollment, grievance redressal, and monetary transactions; and extending health, accident, and pension benefits to all unorganized workers through the smart card platform. Challenges in implementation such as costs and traditional mindsets are also addressed.
1) The informal sector in India consists of unincorporated enterprises with less than 10 workers and includes activities like agriculture, small shops, and home-based work. It contributes over 80% of India's workforce.
2) The document proposes plans to help informal sector workers in both agro-based activities like farming, and non-agro based activities like daily wage work. It suggests organizing farmers to sell directly to authorities and providing vendors with storage vans.
3) For non-agro workers, the plan includes call centers that provide temporary work. Implementing the plans would require local recruitment, oversight committees, and funding from various sources like the government and donors.
This document discusses the various supporting agencies that provide assistance to small scale industries (SSI) in India at the central and state government levels. It outlines several agencies that fall under the central government, such as the MSME Board, MSME Development Institutes, and the Coir Board, and their roles in promoting and assisting small businesses. Similarly, it describes state-level supports including District Industries Centers, State Financial Corporations, and the Director of Industries and their functions in aiding small industry development. Overall, the government has established numerous agencies to facilitate credit access, provide consultancy and market assistance, and encourage growth of the small enterprise sector in India.
This document proposes a digitized model for providing social welfare to informal workers in India. It notes that over 94% of India's workforce is informal. The proposed model would register informal workers through a unique ID and bank account. Funds would be distributed through an "Informal Sector Machine" (ISM) network similar to ATMs. A management team consisting of NGO members, social workers, and IT graduates would oversee fair distribution of government welfare funds to registered informal workers. The digitized system aims to provide regular work, proper wages, and access to healthcare, pension, and other benefits while minimizing corruption. Implementation challenges include gaining acceptance from informal workers and cooperation from banks to use the ISM network.
(1) The document discusses providing social welfare and social security to workers in India's large informal sector. (2) It notes that over 90% of India's workforce is informal and contributes around 50% of GDP. (3) However, existing social security laws only cover about 8% of the workforce. It therefore proposes a governing body to identify informal workers and provide financial assistance for healthcare, education, maternity leave and other needs.
The document discusses the importance of social welfare programs for workers in India's informal sector. It notes that the informal sector makes up around 90% of India's total employment but lacks protections like employment security, healthcare, insurance, and retirement benefits. As a result, informal workers face numerous social insecurities. It argues for formalizing the informal sector and strengthening government and community organizations to expand access to social services, healthcare, job training, and financial assistance for informal workers. However, it also recognizes challenges in implementing such programs at remote areas and the potential for corruption.
1) India has a workforce of 487 million people, with 94% or 457 million working in the informal sector, mostly in agriculture.
2) The informal sector lacks social protections like labor laws, income taxation, and employment benefits that are provided in the formal sector.
3) There is a need to reform laws to better protect informal workers through a unified social security law, enforcing minimum wage and other labor rights, and increasing vocational training opportunities.
The document discusses the informal sector in India. It notes that over 90% of India's workforce belongs to the informal sector, which accounts for about 50% of India's national product. The informal sector includes wage workers without fixed employers, casual daily laborers, domestic workers without contracts, and temporary or part-time workers. Employees are considered informal if they are not protected by labor laws, subject to income tax, or entitled to benefits like paid leave. The government has taken some steps to provide social security, welfare funds, and other programs for informal sector workers.
The document discusses recommendations for a universal social security system for unorganized workers in India. It proposes a single window architecture governed by a national agency. Key elements include: registration of workers using biometric IDs; awareness campaigns and surveys; establishment of workers' facilitation centers for enrollment, grievance redressal, and monetary transactions; and extending health, accident, and pension benefits to all unorganized workers through the smart card platform. Challenges in implementation such as costs and traditional mindsets are also addressed.
1) The informal sector in India consists of unincorporated enterprises with less than 10 workers and includes activities like agriculture, small shops, and home-based work. It contributes over 80% of India's workforce.
2) The document proposes plans to help informal sector workers in both agro-based activities like farming, and non-agro based activities like daily wage work. It suggests organizing farmers to sell directly to authorities and providing vendors with storage vans.
3) For non-agro workers, the plan includes call centers that provide temporary work. Implementing the plans would require local recruitment, oversight committees, and funding from various sources like the government and donors.
This document discusses the various supporting agencies that provide assistance to small scale industries (SSI) in India at the central and state government levels. It outlines several agencies that fall under the central government, such as the MSME Board, MSME Development Institutes, and the Coir Board, and their roles in promoting and assisting small businesses. Similarly, it describes state-level supports including District Industries Centers, State Financial Corporations, and the Director of Industries and their functions in aiding small industry development. Overall, the government has established numerous agencies to facilitate credit access, provide consultancy and market assistance, and encourage growth of the small enterprise sector in India.
This document discusses the three sectors of the Indian economy: primary, secondary, and tertiary. It notes that historically the primary sector was most important but over time the secondary and tertiary sectors have become more prominent. While their share of GDP has increased, the tertiary and secondary sectors have not absorbed as many workers as the primary sector. As a result, there is underemployment in agriculture. The document suggests ways to generate more employment, such as investing in irrigation, transportation, credit, and industries in rural areas.
This document discusses the informal sector in India and strategies to support its workers. It notes that over 90% of India's labor is in the informal/unorganized sector, leaving workers vulnerable with low incomes, lack of proper jobs, housing, and education. To address this, it proposes developing the unorganized sector by decreasing poverty, promoting economic development, reducing child labor, creating worker awareness, providing security, and reducing malnutrition. Specific solutions suggested include extending social security and wage protections, strengthening self-help groups, linking workers to identification systems, and generating large-scale employment through industries like electronics assembly.
The document discusses the concept of the informal sector and informal employment in India. It notes that N.O.V.I is an organization established to act as a bridge between vulnerable informal sector workers and the government. Its main aim is to ensure proper flow of funds and facilities to this sector. N.O.V.I will provide a unique identification system to accurately target informal workers and will work to coordinate existing government welfare programs and services for these workers. It discusses the methodology, facilities, and role of government that N.O.V.I plans to implement.
1) The document proposes innovative solutions to provide social welfare and security to India's large informal sector workforce, which comprises 94% of the country's workers.
2) It suggests fixing minimum wages, providing ration cards for food security, regulating working hours and conditions, and establishing basic amenities and healthcare services for informal workers.
3) A centralized monitoring system is proposed to organize informal workers into categories, implement social protections, and ensure issues like child labor are addressed.
The document discusses providing social welfare protections to workers in India's large informal sector. It notes that around 42% of India's rural population is employed informally with low and unstable incomes and lack of protections. It proposes solutions like skills training, social security programs, improving local economies and working conditions, and increasing awareness. Challenges to implementing these solutions include acquiring funds for training programs, ensuring social security reaches the needy, promoting local goods over imports, and sustained youth involvement. The impact could be socially and economically enriching workers, creating more aware citizens, and strengthening local communities and the national economy.
The document discusses providing social welfare protections to workers in India's large informal sector. It notes that over 90% of India's workforce is informal and not protected by social security. It proposes several recommendations to better support these vulnerable workers, including: 1) Strictly executing existing laws and programs through innovative methods; 2) Employing unemployed youth to help organize the informal sector; and 3) Conducting a proper census of informal workers to accurately account for their contribution to GDP and better target policies to support their development. The goal is to leverage existing resources to improve conditions for informal workers through appropriate program implementation.
The document proposes improvements to India's Public Distribution System to reduce leaks and improve efficiency. It suggests implementing smart packaging of grains, introducing Smart Ration Cards linked to Aadhaar databases to eliminate ghost cards, and improving storage infrastructure. This would help ensure the proper targeting of subsidies, reduce spoilage and pilferage, and empower consumers while curbing corruption. The system is expected to cost approximately $1.3 billion but would save over $30 billion currently lost to leaks and inefficiencies in the system. Some challenges to implementation include distributing Smart Ration Cards, setting up new infrastructure, and getting users accustomed to the new system.
The document discusses the challenges faced by workers in India's large informal sector. It notes that 90% of India's workforce is engaged in the informal sector, which contributes over 47% to the country's GDP. However, informal workers lack social security, decent working conditions, and other protections. The document proposes establishing a national body to help organize and support informal sector workers. It would provide skills training, infrastructure, healthcare, loans, and help market informal sector goods and services. Setting up the body could help lift millions of informal workers out of poverty by giving them access to resources and collective bargaining power.
Over 92% of India's workforce is employed in the informal sector. This includes small self-employed businesses and casual laborers. However, most informal workers are unable to access social welfare programs due to a lack of reporting in surveys and classification of their jobs. The government needs to improve data collection on informal workers and create new programs and task forces to ensure welfare funds reach this vulnerable population. Establishing trade unions for informal sectors could also help workers unite to demand better protections and learn about available assistance programs.
This document discusses human resources and human capital. It explains that population can be considered an asset rather than a liability if investments are made in education, training, and healthcare to develop human capital. Examples from countries like Japan and stories about characters like Sakal are provided to illustrate how human capital formation leads to higher productivity and incomes. The roles of education, health, employment, and unemployment in developing human capital and the economy are also explored.
Hello everyone myself Rahul Kumar presenting you all my presentaion based on the topic different sectors of indian economy . In this you will find all the three sectors brief information with pictures and animation. I hope it will helps you all ..........................Thankyou....................Regards..........................Rahul Kumar
This document provides an overview of the sectors of the Indian economy including primary, secondary, tertiary, organized and unorganized sectors as well as public and private sectors. It discusses the classification and nature of activities in each sector. Over time, the importance of sectors has shifted from primary to secondary to tertiary as countries develop. Currently, the tertiary sector contributes the most to India's GDP and employs the largest portion of the population. The unorganized sector employs most workers but lacks benefits and protections.
The document discusses protecting vulnerable informal sector workers in India through social security schemes. It outlines various informal sector jobs, major problems faced by these workers like poverty, casualization, gender inequality, child and old age labor. It then summarizes existing social security schemes and laws, and proposes comprehensive reforms like universalizing coverage, establishing a tripartite National Social Security Commission headed by the Prime Minister, utilizing local governments and organizations for implementation, and financing reforms.
The document discusses issues faced by street vendors in urban areas using Sonipat City, India as a case study. It finds that 85% of street vendors in Sonipat are male and over 80% have a middle school education or less. Most vendors work over 10 hours a day but still earn less than 300 rupees daily. Proposed solutions include implementing the Street Vendors Act of 2014, providing licenses and training, and designating vending zones with basic amenities. Overall, the document examines the socioeconomic challenges of street vending as an informal occupation.
This document discusses poverty alleviation programs in India including the Integrated Rural Development Program (IRDP), Training of Rural Youth For Self Employment (TRYSEM), and Development of Women And Children In Rural Areas (DWCRA).
The IRDP aims to enable families below the poverty line to generate income and cross the poverty threshold through self-employment opportunities. TRYSEM provides vocational skills training to rural youth aged 18-35 from poor families to seek jobs in agriculture, industry, services or business. DWCRA specifically targets development of women and children in rural areas through self-help groups.
The document proposes a solution to better organize and provide social welfare to India's large unorganized workforce. It suggests establishing an independent organization called Sangathan in each district/region. Sangathan would identify priority informal sectors, encourage workers to join unions/cooperatives, resolve disputes, ensure workers receive government benefits, and conduct periodic evaluations. A digital database linking informal workers to unique IDs would be created. Local organizations would be linked to welfare policies and accountable for benefit distribution and reporting. Challenges include adequate funding, addressing existing parallel policies, and establishing formal guidelines for local organizations.
This document discusses the informal sector in India. It notes that over 90% of India's labor is in the informal/unorganized sector, working in jobs like mining, rag picking, construction, domestic work, and vending. Workers in the informal sector face low incomes, lack of proper jobs, poor living conditions, and malnutrition. To address these issues, the document proposes developing the unorganized sector by decreasing poverty, improving the economy, reducing child labor, providing education, housing, and employment protections. It also suggests linking informal workers to programs through identification cards and expanding social security and provident funds.
This document discusses the three main sectors of India's economy: primary, secondary, and tertiary. It defines each sector and provides examples. The primary sector involves activities that extract and use raw materials directly from the environment, like agriculture, mining, forestry, etc. The secondary sector processes raw materials into finished goods through industries. The tertiary sector provides services to support the other sectors, including transportation, communication, banking, and more. It also discusses gross domestic product, unemployment, types of employment, public and private sectors, and infrastructure development in India.
This document proposes creating a centralized database to record information about informal sector workers in India. It suggests a multi-tier process where data is collected from workers by local representatives and consolidated at various administrative levels up to a national database. This would help identify and provide benefits to vulnerable informal workers, who currently lack social protections. However, accurately capturing data on the disparate informal workforce across many industries and locations poses challenges. The proposal aims to address this by making registration and data collection mandatory for employers and easing participation for workers via incentives like a smart card for identification, wages, and welfare benefits. The goal is to help the government extend social security to informal workers and boost productivity.
This document discusses rural development in India through entrepreneurship, outlining problems, challenges and recommendations. It notes that while India remains largely rural, developing rural entrepreneurship faces difficulties like lack of infrastructure, finance and skills. It identifies several types of rural industries and characteristics of rural entrepreneurs. Problems include financial, marketing, management and human resource issues. The document recommends improving access to capital, education, market information, infrastructure and government support services to promote rural entrepreneurship and development.
The document proposes solutions to address the lack of social welfare and protections for informal sector workers in India. It suggests establishing organizations at the central, state, and district levels to coordinate efforts to provide financial support through loans and insurance, improve access to education and healthcare, ensure adequate wages, and collect funds from workers, private firms, and the government to support the proposed programs. The solutions aim to improve living standards and working conditions for the large informal workforce in India through coordinated action across multiple levels of government and society.
1. The document proposes solutions to uplift workers in India's unorganized sector, which comprises over 90% of the workforce.
2. It suggests creating nodal agencies that connect unorganized workers to benefits, utilizing Aadhar cards for registration and record-keeping, and engaging NGOs and trade unions.
3. The proposed system would establish a national database with Aadhar-linked profiles of all unorganized workers, allowing nodal agencies to facilitate access to jobs, loans, healthcare and other services.
This document discusses the three sectors of the Indian economy: primary, secondary, and tertiary. It notes that historically the primary sector was most important but over time the secondary and tertiary sectors have become more prominent. While their share of GDP has increased, the tertiary and secondary sectors have not absorbed as many workers as the primary sector. As a result, there is underemployment in agriculture. The document suggests ways to generate more employment, such as investing in irrigation, transportation, credit, and industries in rural areas.
This document discusses the informal sector in India and strategies to support its workers. It notes that over 90% of India's labor is in the informal/unorganized sector, leaving workers vulnerable with low incomes, lack of proper jobs, housing, and education. To address this, it proposes developing the unorganized sector by decreasing poverty, promoting economic development, reducing child labor, creating worker awareness, providing security, and reducing malnutrition. Specific solutions suggested include extending social security and wage protections, strengthening self-help groups, linking workers to identification systems, and generating large-scale employment through industries like electronics assembly.
The document discusses the concept of the informal sector and informal employment in India. It notes that N.O.V.I is an organization established to act as a bridge between vulnerable informal sector workers and the government. Its main aim is to ensure proper flow of funds and facilities to this sector. N.O.V.I will provide a unique identification system to accurately target informal workers and will work to coordinate existing government welfare programs and services for these workers. It discusses the methodology, facilities, and role of government that N.O.V.I plans to implement.
1) The document proposes innovative solutions to provide social welfare and security to India's large informal sector workforce, which comprises 94% of the country's workers.
2) It suggests fixing minimum wages, providing ration cards for food security, regulating working hours and conditions, and establishing basic amenities and healthcare services for informal workers.
3) A centralized monitoring system is proposed to organize informal workers into categories, implement social protections, and ensure issues like child labor are addressed.
The document discusses providing social welfare protections to workers in India's large informal sector. It notes that around 42% of India's rural population is employed informally with low and unstable incomes and lack of protections. It proposes solutions like skills training, social security programs, improving local economies and working conditions, and increasing awareness. Challenges to implementing these solutions include acquiring funds for training programs, ensuring social security reaches the needy, promoting local goods over imports, and sustained youth involvement. The impact could be socially and economically enriching workers, creating more aware citizens, and strengthening local communities and the national economy.
The document discusses providing social welfare protections to workers in India's large informal sector. It notes that over 90% of India's workforce is informal and not protected by social security. It proposes several recommendations to better support these vulnerable workers, including: 1) Strictly executing existing laws and programs through innovative methods; 2) Employing unemployed youth to help organize the informal sector; and 3) Conducting a proper census of informal workers to accurately account for their contribution to GDP and better target policies to support their development. The goal is to leverage existing resources to improve conditions for informal workers through appropriate program implementation.
The document proposes improvements to India's Public Distribution System to reduce leaks and improve efficiency. It suggests implementing smart packaging of grains, introducing Smart Ration Cards linked to Aadhaar databases to eliminate ghost cards, and improving storage infrastructure. This would help ensure the proper targeting of subsidies, reduce spoilage and pilferage, and empower consumers while curbing corruption. The system is expected to cost approximately $1.3 billion but would save over $30 billion currently lost to leaks and inefficiencies in the system. Some challenges to implementation include distributing Smart Ration Cards, setting up new infrastructure, and getting users accustomed to the new system.
The document discusses the challenges faced by workers in India's large informal sector. It notes that 90% of India's workforce is engaged in the informal sector, which contributes over 47% to the country's GDP. However, informal workers lack social security, decent working conditions, and other protections. The document proposes establishing a national body to help organize and support informal sector workers. It would provide skills training, infrastructure, healthcare, loans, and help market informal sector goods and services. Setting up the body could help lift millions of informal workers out of poverty by giving them access to resources and collective bargaining power.
Over 92% of India's workforce is employed in the informal sector. This includes small self-employed businesses and casual laborers. However, most informal workers are unable to access social welfare programs due to a lack of reporting in surveys and classification of their jobs. The government needs to improve data collection on informal workers and create new programs and task forces to ensure welfare funds reach this vulnerable population. Establishing trade unions for informal sectors could also help workers unite to demand better protections and learn about available assistance programs.
This document discusses human resources and human capital. It explains that population can be considered an asset rather than a liability if investments are made in education, training, and healthcare to develop human capital. Examples from countries like Japan and stories about characters like Sakal are provided to illustrate how human capital formation leads to higher productivity and incomes. The roles of education, health, employment, and unemployment in developing human capital and the economy are also explored.
Hello everyone myself Rahul Kumar presenting you all my presentaion based on the topic different sectors of indian economy . In this you will find all the three sectors brief information with pictures and animation. I hope it will helps you all ..........................Thankyou....................Regards..........................Rahul Kumar
This document provides an overview of the sectors of the Indian economy including primary, secondary, tertiary, organized and unorganized sectors as well as public and private sectors. It discusses the classification and nature of activities in each sector. Over time, the importance of sectors has shifted from primary to secondary to tertiary as countries develop. Currently, the tertiary sector contributes the most to India's GDP and employs the largest portion of the population. The unorganized sector employs most workers but lacks benefits and protections.
The document discusses protecting vulnerable informal sector workers in India through social security schemes. It outlines various informal sector jobs, major problems faced by these workers like poverty, casualization, gender inequality, child and old age labor. It then summarizes existing social security schemes and laws, and proposes comprehensive reforms like universalizing coverage, establishing a tripartite National Social Security Commission headed by the Prime Minister, utilizing local governments and organizations for implementation, and financing reforms.
The document discusses issues faced by street vendors in urban areas using Sonipat City, India as a case study. It finds that 85% of street vendors in Sonipat are male and over 80% have a middle school education or less. Most vendors work over 10 hours a day but still earn less than 300 rupees daily. Proposed solutions include implementing the Street Vendors Act of 2014, providing licenses and training, and designating vending zones with basic amenities. Overall, the document examines the socioeconomic challenges of street vending as an informal occupation.
This document discusses poverty alleviation programs in India including the Integrated Rural Development Program (IRDP), Training of Rural Youth For Self Employment (TRYSEM), and Development of Women And Children In Rural Areas (DWCRA).
The IRDP aims to enable families below the poverty line to generate income and cross the poverty threshold through self-employment opportunities. TRYSEM provides vocational skills training to rural youth aged 18-35 from poor families to seek jobs in agriculture, industry, services or business. DWCRA specifically targets development of women and children in rural areas through self-help groups.
The document proposes a solution to better organize and provide social welfare to India's large unorganized workforce. It suggests establishing an independent organization called Sangathan in each district/region. Sangathan would identify priority informal sectors, encourage workers to join unions/cooperatives, resolve disputes, ensure workers receive government benefits, and conduct periodic evaluations. A digital database linking informal workers to unique IDs would be created. Local organizations would be linked to welfare policies and accountable for benefit distribution and reporting. Challenges include adequate funding, addressing existing parallel policies, and establishing formal guidelines for local organizations.
This document discusses the informal sector in India. It notes that over 90% of India's labor is in the informal/unorganized sector, working in jobs like mining, rag picking, construction, domestic work, and vending. Workers in the informal sector face low incomes, lack of proper jobs, poor living conditions, and malnutrition. To address these issues, the document proposes developing the unorganized sector by decreasing poverty, improving the economy, reducing child labor, providing education, housing, and employment protections. It also suggests linking informal workers to programs through identification cards and expanding social security and provident funds.
This document discusses the three main sectors of India's economy: primary, secondary, and tertiary. It defines each sector and provides examples. The primary sector involves activities that extract and use raw materials directly from the environment, like agriculture, mining, forestry, etc. The secondary sector processes raw materials into finished goods through industries. The tertiary sector provides services to support the other sectors, including transportation, communication, banking, and more. It also discusses gross domestic product, unemployment, types of employment, public and private sectors, and infrastructure development in India.
This document proposes creating a centralized database to record information about informal sector workers in India. It suggests a multi-tier process where data is collected from workers by local representatives and consolidated at various administrative levels up to a national database. This would help identify and provide benefits to vulnerable informal workers, who currently lack social protections. However, accurately capturing data on the disparate informal workforce across many industries and locations poses challenges. The proposal aims to address this by making registration and data collection mandatory for employers and easing participation for workers via incentives like a smart card for identification, wages, and welfare benefits. The goal is to help the government extend social security to informal workers and boost productivity.
This document discusses rural development in India through entrepreneurship, outlining problems, challenges and recommendations. It notes that while India remains largely rural, developing rural entrepreneurship faces difficulties like lack of infrastructure, finance and skills. It identifies several types of rural industries and characteristics of rural entrepreneurs. Problems include financial, marketing, management and human resource issues. The document recommends improving access to capital, education, market information, infrastructure and government support services to promote rural entrepreneurship and development.
The document proposes solutions to address the lack of social welfare and protections for informal sector workers in India. It suggests establishing organizations at the central, state, and district levels to coordinate efforts to provide financial support through loans and insurance, improve access to education and healthcare, ensure adequate wages, and collect funds from workers, private firms, and the government to support the proposed programs. The solutions aim to improve living standards and working conditions for the large informal workforce in India through coordinated action across multiple levels of government and society.
1. The document proposes solutions to uplift workers in India's unorganized sector, which comprises over 90% of the workforce.
2. It suggests creating nodal agencies that connect unorganized workers to benefits, utilizing Aadhar cards for registration and record-keeping, and engaging NGOs and trade unions.
3. The proposed system would establish a national database with Aadhar-linked profiles of all unorganized workers, allowing nodal agencies to facilitate access to jobs, loans, healthcare and other services.
This document proposes a cooperative strategy to organize informal sector workers in India. It notes that over 90% of India's workforce is informal and lacks social security protections. The strategy involves forming union-cooperatives composed of self-help groups that would interface with employers and the government to provide workers with placement services, minimum wages, safety equipment, healthcare, education, skills training, insurance, loans, and a political voice. Funding would come from the government, NGOs, and profits shared among the self-help groups. The goal is to improve conditions for informal workers while integrating them into the mainstream economy and society.
The document proposes a model to provide social welfare and security to informal sector workers in India by establishing occupational unions that workers can register with, which will collect pension funds and connect workers to government schemes, addressing issues like lack of benefits, low wages, and poor working conditions faced by many in the unorganized workforce. It describes a survey conducted at IIT Kharagpur that found most workers there were informal, and presents the proposed union model, methodology used, challenges, and appendices for further information.
The document discusses workers' movements in India. It defines who is considered a worker and provides a brief history of the emergence of an industrial labor force in South Asia in the 19th century. It then outlines the main sectors of employment in India including organized/unorganized and primary/secondary/tertiary. The key problems faced by workers are discussed such as poor working conditions, discrimination, lack of job security. Major demands of workers' movements are for better wages, safety, social security, maternity benefits and an end to exploitation. The document concludes by highlighting voices for change such as protests by Anganwadi workers seeking better recognition and benefits.
Unorganized workers in India's informal sector make up over 90% of the labor force but lack basic protections and social security. They face numerous challenges including poverty, lack of bargaining power, gender inequalities, and occupational hazards. Providing social security, healthcare access, skill training, living wages, safe working conditions, and a mechanism to formalize informal businesses could help empower unorganized workers and boost India's economy. Raising awareness, enforcing labor laws, and improving access to education, financial services, and infrastructure in slums are also important to alleviate challenges faced by India's vast informal workforce.
This document proposes solutions to provide social welfare and security to informal sector workers in India. It identifies key problems like lack of identification, social security, financial inclusion, and skills/awareness. Solutions proposed include a unified Aadhar account system to identify and track workers, comprehensive social security schemes like HELP, a new ministry and financial institution for the unorganized sector, and skills training programs. Regulations are also suggested around implementation, including associations for different worker groups, and a national social security commission. Overall the solutions aim to identify informal workers, provide core benefits and protections, increase opportunities through skills and financial tools, and properly regulate the social security system.
The document proposes a Voluntary Enforcement Policy (VEA) to provide social welfare and security to informal sector workers in India. The key aspects of the VEA are:
1. Educational institutions like colleges and universities would adopt sectors and operate door-to-door to register informal workers, provide them a social security number, and help access government benefits.
2. Students would participate through legal aid, medical services, etc. as part of a mandatory academic curriculum.
3. The VEA would have divisions for financial/banking, education, healthcare, and legal aid run by students, professionals, and government officials working collectively.
4. Challenges may include limited resources but can be
Protecting the vulnerable: Providing social welfare to informal sector workersVikas Mishra
The document proposes solutions to provide social welfare and security to informal sector workers in India. It identifies key problems like lack of identification, financial exclusion, and fragmented nature of informal workers. It proposes establishing Aadhar accounts for unique identification and registration. This would help classify workers and deliver social security benefits directly. Comprehensive social security schemes like HELP are suggested to provide health, education, life and pension cover. Regulations and specialized institutions are recommended to implement and monitor the schemes effectively.
This document discusses India's large informal sector workforce. It notes that 94% of India's working population is part of the informal sector, totaling 487 million workers. Informal sector workers lack protections, benefits, and stable employment. The document proposes that the government establish a new department to support informal workers by providing healthcare, education, social security, insurance, and enforcing labor laws and standards. This would help lift workers out of poverty, increase productivity, and enable India's economic and social development. The main challenge would be reducing corruption during implementation.
The document discusses India's large informal labor sector, which consists of over 487 million workers making up 94% of the total workforce. This unorganized sector has low productivity and wages, accounting for just 57% of India's GDP despite its large size. The majority of informal workers are employed in unorganized manufacturing, trading, retail, and services. The document proposes policies to improve conditions for these informal workers, such as establishing social and financial platforms to connect them to services and provide a sense of belonging and security. These platforms would also help workers gain skills and access employment opportunities through collaboration with local groups and use of technology. The goal is to improve livelihoods and dignity for this important but vulnerable segment of society.
1) 90% of India's workforce is engaged in the informal sector without legislative rights and faces issues like low and irregular pay, unsafe working conditions, lack of social security.
2) The Unorganized Workers Social Security Act of 2008 aims to provide social welfare benefits like insurance, housing schemes, skill development. However, it has been criticized for not ensuring minimum wages or working conditions.
3) A key challenge is the lack of data on informal workers due to insufficient registration, organization, and awareness. Proper statistics are needed to address employability issues in this sector.
The document discusses policies to help uplift India's vulnerable informal labor sector. It notes that over 94% of India's workforce is in the unorganized sector with low wages and productivity. It proposes establishing transition centers that provide basic facilities, skill training, employment links, and financial services to register informal workers. These centers would create a network across cities to give workers a sense of identity and access to social programs. Challenges include categorizing diverse jobs and securing land, but such interventions could recognize informal workers' contributions and improve their living standards.
The document proposes a solution to organize and provide social welfare to India's large unorganized workforce. It suggests creating an independent organization called "Sangathan" comprising volunteers and representatives from unions, cooperatives, etc. Sangathan would identify priority informal sectors, encourage workers to join unions/cooperatives, ensure workers receive government benefits, and conduct performance evaluations. A digital database would be created linking informal workers to unique IDs. Local organizations would be linked to welfare policies and funds. Challenges include initial funding, establishing guidelines for local bodies, potential employer resistance, and gaining recognition for Sangathan.
The document proposes a new integrated model to provide social welfare and protection to workers in India's large informal sector. The key aspects of the model include:
1) A centralized database that identifies informal workers and links them to UID numbers and bank accounts for easy access to benefits.
2) A package of health, accident, life and old age insurance to protect workers from vulnerabilities like illness, death of breadwinner, unemployment, and retirement.
3) Promotive measures like child care, skill training, and organizing workers into enterprises to enhance employment and income.
4) Incentives for all stakeholders including governments, insurers, hospitals, students and professionals to participate and ensure reach. Challenges around
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The document discusses the classification of sectors in the Indian economy based on three criteria: nature of activities, working conditions, and ownership. The primary sector involves activities like agriculture, mining, and fishing that directly use natural resources. The secondary sector includes manufacturing and construction industries that process raw materials. The tertiary sector provides services to support the primary and secondary sectors in areas like transportation, banking, and communication. Organized sectors have formal employment and regulations while unorganized sectors have informal jobs. Public sectors are government-owned and prioritize public welfare, while private sectors are owned by individuals and aim to generate profits. The Indian economy has evolved from primarily relying on the primary sector to now being more service-oriented in the tertiary sector.
This document outlines the business plan for a social venture called 'UTHAAN' aimed at providing skills training and microfinancing to economically disadvantaged youth and women in India. The plan details the mission to empower underprivileged communities through entrepreneurship. It discusses strategies like conducting surveys, awareness campaigns, skills training, and providing loans to help individuals start small businesses. The feasibility analysis cites the venture's self-sustaining model and founders' experience in social work. The market potential is analyzed along with competition in the unorganized sector. Marketing will utilize print media, brochures, and workshops. An initial capital of 300,000 rupees is requested from investors and corporations.
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This document proposes a solution to unemployment in India by creating a corruption-free system to connect unemployed workers with job opportunities in agriculture. The system would involve dividing India into 671 districts. Each district would have a network of 30 volunteers and professionals to help farmers. Their roles would include providing farmers with resources, technology, labor, and connecting them to markets. This would generate revenue to employ the volunteers and fund further agricultural and industrial development, creating a sustainable cycle of increased employment. Risks include lack of government/corporate funding or available land, but these could be addressed through awareness campaigns.
This document discusses increasing youth employability by focusing on three main types of employability skills: basic academic skills like reading and writing; higher-order thinking skills such as problem solving and decision making; and personal qualities including self-confidence, social skills, and a good work attitude. It notes that the real challenge for employers is finding workers with these job readiness skills and recommends teaching employability skills through involving parents, providing opportunities to observe workplaces, and designing classrooms to mimic real work settings.
This document proposes solutions to improve primary education in India. It discusses four solutions: 1) A parallel primary education network run by volunteer youth, 2) Promoting the use of technology in schools, 3) Public-private partnerships to enhance schools, and 4) Enriching learning through hands-on methods. Each solution includes steps for implementation and discusses the potential impacts and challenges. The overall goal is to address issues like high dropout rates and low learning levels in Indian primary education.
This document proposes a 3-tier skill development framework to address India's shortage of 1.2 crore jobs per year for the next decade. It involves (1) 6-month skill courses for unemployed graduates run through public-private partnerships, (2) mandatory career counseling and 100-day apprenticeships for secondary students, and (3) extended skill and apprenticeship programs for school dropouts aged 14+. This framework aims to provide industry-relevant skills while reducing costs through private sector involvement. It could help direct workers towards new job markets and improve productivity across the economy. Challenges include gaining political and institutional support, but the document argues these can be addressed through awareness campaigns and leveraging existing IT infrastructure.
The document proposes a new model to address India's high rates of malnutrition among children. It identifies several key factors contributing to malnutrition, including poor nutrition of mothers, lack of information and education, and poverty. The proposed multi-pronged solution focuses on improving anganwadi centers and ICDS programs, promoting biofortified crops, reforming PDS to reduce leakage, and increasing women's empowerment. It aims to provide a more holistic, sustainable, and cost-effective approach to fighting malnutrition across India.
The document discusses the issue of youth unemployment in India and provides recommendations to improve employability. It notes that youth unemployment is one of India's largest challenges and that awareness has increased around this issue. Several statistics on unemployment rates in India are presented. The document advocates for initiatives and policies that develop skills, encourage hands-on learning, and link education to employment opportunities to help boost youth employability and reduce unemployment.
The document discusses India's Public Distribution System (PDS), which aims to provide essential commodities like food grains, sugar, and kerosene to vulnerable groups at subsidized prices. It outlines the objectives and flow of PDS from farmers to fair price shops. Key points covered include the targeted beneficiaries and their entitlements under PDS, the challenges of leakage and exclusion of poor families, and efforts to monitor movement of supplies from depots to shops.
The document proposes solutions to increase transparency in India's Public Distribution System (PDS). It outlines problems like corruption and diversion of goods from PDS outlets. The team's proposed solutions include implementing an ERP system to integrate PDS departments, using mobile updates to track goods delivery, and introducing smart cards with Aadhaar details for citizens to purchase rations. This would allow transparent monitoring of distribution and prevent illegal sale of goods. The team aims to build on these ideas to improve the system and create a more open and reliable PDS for people across India.
Primary education in India faces several challenges, including low enrollment and attendance rates, high dropout rates before 5th grade, and poor quality of education especially in rural areas and for girls. The government has implemented various programs to address these issues, such as the District Primary Education Program, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, and Operation Blackboard. New initiatives like the Right to Education Act aim to increase access to private schools for underprivileged children. However, improving teacher training and classroom practices will be needed to truly enhance educational quality and outcomes for Indian children.
Drinking water is essential for life but can become contaminated through various sources, posing health risks. Sanitation through hygienic prevention of contact with waste is important for public health. In India, many lack access to clean drinking water and proper sanitation, which can have serious health repercussions like diarrhea, skin diseases, and various infections. The government has undertaken programs to improve rural sanitation and clean water access, but challenges remain in fully achieving these goals.
The document summarizes a study conducted on brain gain in India. It provides details of the study team and methodology used. Key findings include that brain drain has led to gain in four technological areas - ICT, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, and agriculture. Most returnees expressed satisfaction with returning to India and had increased qualifications and responsibilities. Suggestions are made to replicate successful state models, improve policies in education, research and industry, and provide incentives to attract more returnees. In conclusion, the study counters myths about brain drain and suggests further research on the value of migration options and effects on institutional development.
The document discusses strategies to improve access to justice in India. At the grassroots level, it proposes creating legal awareness programs, conducting legal aid camps, and establishing legal aid cells run by trained paralegal volunteers. It also aims to strengthen the education system. At the administrative level, the document seeks to reduce case backlogs, appoint more judges, establish additional courts, and implement e-courts and information technology systems. Ensuring timely justice for all citizens across India requires empowering people at the grassroots level through legal awareness as well as positive changes to the administrative system such as reducing delays in the courts.
This document discusses women's empowerment in India. It defines empowerment as gaining power, authority, and influence through having decision-making ability, access to resources and information, positive thinking, and skills. It notes that empowering women is key to global development goals. While women faced social evils historically like sati and child marriage, independence brought efforts to uplift women through education. Literacy and sex ratios have risen in recent decades. Women now participate in all sectors of society, showing their empowerment has occurred through increased participation and access to resources leading to improved status. The empowerment of women is important for families and productivity.
The document discusses key challenges facing the North Eastern states of India, including insurgency, lack of infrastructure, and poor governance. It argues that developing tourism and border trade could help address high unemployment and low GDP in the region by generating jobs and revenue. Specifically, the region has great potential for eco and adventure tourism due to its natural beauty and cultural heritage. Border trade could revive local industries and provide access to new markets, fulfilling the goals of India's "Look East" policy. However, more work is still needed to improve infrastructure and overcome security challenges and isolationist mindsets that have hindered economic development.
Rural India faces significant challenges in providing safe drinking water and sanitation to its large population. Despite significant investments, many rural Indians still lack access to these basic services. Open defecation and waterborne diseases remain widespread problems, negatively impacting public health, education, and economic productivity. Effective solutions will require a multipronged approach including education, community participation, improved infrastructure, and strategies that address the unique needs of both rural and urban areas.
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The document discusses a program initiated by students from the College of Engineering, Pune to enhance the quality of primary education. As part of the program, the students visited areas with low education facilities and identified problems like lack of proper infrastructure, dull teaching methods, and economic barriers. Their objectives are to provide quality education, overall student development, and create awareness about education quality. Some of their proposed solutions include improving teacher training, making learning more interactive, focusing on students' health and extracurricular activities, and using community outreach and media to promote awareness.
This document provides details about the public distribution system (PDS) in India, including:
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3) Background on why PDS was established in India due to factors like drought, famine, war, inflation, market imperfections, and poverty.
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1. Manthan topic:
PROTECTING THE VULNERABLE
Providing Social welfare to
Informal sector workers
A COMPOUND MODEL OF EXISTING, REJUVINATED AND
NEW UNITS FOR SOCIAL WELFARE OF THE INFORMAL
SECTOR
COLLEGE: DEHRADUN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY
PLACE: DEHRADUN
TEAM NAME: PANCH PATRIOTS
TEAM CO-ODINATOR: CHETAN MISHRA (B.TECH CSE-3RD YEAR)
MEMBERS: ANKITA SINGH (B.TECH CSE-3RD YEAR), ANKUR TIWARI (B.TECH CIVIL-3RD YEAR),
SAUMYA AGARWAL (B.TECH CSE-3RD YEAR) & ASHISH RAJ (B.TECH CSE-3RD YEAR)
2. Unorganized or informal sector constitutes a pivotal part of the Indian economy. More than 90 per cent of
workforce and about 50 per cent of the national product are accounted for by the informal economy. But
even today providing them with basic social security is a major problem.
They are still struggling for the basic rights that the “PREAMBLE” to the Constitution of India offers.
“ WE, THE PEOPLE OF INDIA, having
solemnly resolved to constitute
India into a SOVEREIGN SOCIALIST
SECULAR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
and to secure to all its citizens:
JUSTICE, social, economic and
political;
LIBERTY, of thought, expression,
belief, faith and worship;
EQUALITY of status and of
opportunity;
and to promote among them all
FRATERNITY assuring the dignity of
the individual and the unity and
integrity of the Nation”
The Preamble to the Constitution
of India
JUSTICE: The population of the
informal sector are an easy prey
to the policemen and their
welfare has been least concern
of political parties since
decades.
LIBERTY: This sector has been
suppressed since a long time
and have been kept deprived
of their basic rights of
expression.
EQUALITY: The society
does not consider the
unorganized/labour class
as equals. The informal
sector has no way to
access the same
opportunities as the other
sectors of society.
FRATERNITY: This sect is
completely banished from
the so called ‘higher sects’ of
the society.
• The sector provides low wages which at times
are even less than the minimum wages
prescribed by the Government which makes
the life of the worker quite difficult.
• As organizations have small capital,
they are not able to provide proper
facilities at the work place leading to
health problems to the workers.
• The workers do not have any social security to
fall back in times of need.
• As the units do not have sufficient capital,
they usually resort to hiring of children as a
cheap labour .
• As these units are not covered under
any labour laws, employees do not have
facilities like PF and ESI which are
available to workers of the organized
sector.
• As the workers have low wages they are
not able to afford proper housing due to
which the migrant labour resorts to
living in slums. Incidentally, a number of
such informal units are located in slums.
Bigger slums like Dharavi house
thousands of such units.
• These units do not have proper waste
disposal facilities and hence are a cause
of environmental concerns.
• In some cases, particularly in rural and
tribal, this sector faces problems due to
depletion of resources like forests etc.
3. Ministry of Labours
and other Informal
Sectors
Office for Health
& Care for
Informal Sector
Office for
Education and
Advancement for
Informal Sector
Office for
Financial Support
for Informal
Sector
Office for Social
Security for
Informal Sector
Office of Statistics
and Resource
control
The structure to support our model is a compound one. We suggest a compound ministry as “Ministry of labours
and other Informal Sectors” by enhancing “The Ministry of Labour and Employment” that will deal with the
informal sector intensively by adding and/or modifying its existing attached and subordinate offices, autonomous
organizations, adjudicating bodies and arbitration bodies. The part of this structure that is a pre-requisite for the
social welfare of the informal sector is presented below:
These offices will not be stand-alone units. They will co-ordinate with each other and also with offices of other ministries to
provide a higher rate of success to the plan.
Example: Apart from deriving its own statistics, the office of statistics and policy control will co-ordinate with National
Statistical Commission ,Government of India.
Help from NGOs like NIDAN will be taken who have an existing network in states like Bihar, Rajasthan, Delhi, etc.
REASONS FOR SELECTING THIS CAUSE
The lack of comprehensive legislation to provide for minimum conditions of work for the informal
sector is a severe lacuna, sought to be addressed unsuccessfully over several decades. Moreover, this
topic covers other issues such as youth unemployment, exploitation of women, degrading health &
sanitation standards, etc. Hence is a very extensive topic to work on and solving this issue will result in
chain solutions of many other major problems.
4. This office is the pillar around which the other offices will sustain. Major issues of funding, manpower, statistical records
and public records(informal sector) will fall under the duties of this office.
FUNDS
•Government funds will be used initially for different purposes like health insurance, loans,
managing manpower, keeping records and providing basic infrastructure to the ministry.
•Fund raising events will seldom be organized for different philanthropists to help us with our
cause.
• Organizing public fund raising for the common people to help the informal sector in rising up.
MANPOWER
•Retired military officials and activists will be hired to manage high official posts in the offices.
•People with experience in relation to the informal sector will also be hired to interact, test(in
cases of loans and insurance) and work for the informal sector.
•Existing workforce of the labor ministry can also be used.
•Volunteers will be welcomed to join the workforce, especially NGOs to join hands with the
government. Also self-help groups will be formed within the informal worker’s communities.
RECORDS
•A national database for the unorganized sector will be created as “National Database for
Informal Sector(NDIS)” through a national census conducted specially for informal sector.
•Forms will have to be filled on the centers to register in NDIS which will contain detailed
information like family details, skills, employment details, health issues,etc along with the
common details of the person.
•Every person will be assigned a unique ID and every family will also be provided a unique ID.
•NDIS will be accessible by every office as per their needs.
•Yearly statistical records will be maintained with the help of ‘National Statistical Commission”.
5. Ensuring employment to the unemployed workers
• Risks involved in migration demands different kind of social security, hence we will use the database provided by office of statistics and
policy control & monitor changes in nature of work & other aspects. Now the employer can simply demand the quantity of workers & skills
required and we can look into our database and forward the details of workers who are idle & possess the required skill & hence generate
employment amongst those who are unemployed.
• This will also help the workers to unite & bargain.
Protecting workers from being exploited & spreading awareness
• We will ensure that the micro enterprises operate on legally organized land with the right of ownership so that municipal regulatory
standards are applicable to them & they are not deprived of basic needs. Also this saves them from the illegal money extraction by police &
others.
• Work of women in unorganized sector is undocumented & considered disguised wage work & the wages paid are not according to the work.
We will form a subordinate office where the officials will keep a strict check on any such case reported by a worker.
• In the various awareness seminars we hold all over India, we will make unorganized workers acquainted with the importance for sanitation
& proper use of the facilities being provided to them under office of health & care.
Providing clean water & food
• Recently the IIT Madras research has devised an affordable method(a prototype)for purifying water( at just Rs.10-12 per month for family of
five), using silver nano particles. We will boost such creative minds through various tech contests & use the technology hence provide clean
water to the unorganized sector workers.
• Effective implementation of National food security bill(NFSB) & Public Distribution System(PDS) so that we can provide food to the
unorganized sector without putting any extra burden on the government as this will be that food that gets wasted on daily basis.
Raising Social Security Trust Funds & assigning old workers a suitable task
• We will raise social security trust funds(much like Alaska permanent fund dividend & New Zealand superannuation) & have fund raising
events from time to time, encouraging various philanthropists, and use them for the betterment of unorganized workers.
• Requirement for social security significantly rises due to old age or disability of workers who are the only source of income in their family.
We will give such people a one month training & recruit them in our community centre under the office of health & care.
6. Ensuring financial security and transparency & bridging the gap between
organized and unorganized sector
•Considering the informal sector 70% do not have a bank account and 87% have no access to
credit from a formal source. In order to provide adequate finance at a reasonable rate in a
transparent manner we will develop more customized as well as flexible loan products in
coordination with the Office of statistics and resource control which will provide us with Funds
followed by the case-wise check with the help of NDIS through this we can have a proper
filtering process to filter out false loan demands. This scheme will in turn help them come
closer to organized sector and feel confident and respected. Once the informal sector prosper
they may contribute in paying the taxes and helping the country and themselves in return.
Specially designed insurance scheme
•We will also hire private insurance companies on bidding basis to provide insurance to micro
enterprises, home based worker, self employed worker or wage worker for their financial
stability. In this model government will provide (75-90) % premium and rest will be given by
beneficiaries or state government (if possible). These companies will work on target basis. If
target is complete then money will be passed else not. This ensures fast and effective coverage
of informal sector in our “Sampoorna anaupcharik chetra suraksha beeme yojana”.
Pension coverage for the Informal sector
•The informal sector contributes a major amount to the GDP. Being such a major contributor
government will ensure that next five year’s plan theme is “Upliftment” of informal sector with
provision of pension fund (PF).Our concept of existing PF plan will act as pension plan for them.
They will be provided with increased rate of interest. There saved money will be provided to
them on monthly basis after they are unfit for working.
7. Multipurpose home based community care centre
• Complete ‘health and care’ for the informal sector will revolve around these care centers.
• “Block” in India is an important geographical unit at local level. Hence, there will be two community centers at either ends of
each block to ensure maximum and efficient participation of informal sectors clusters.
• They will ensure:
• Provisions for basic sanitation through grass root level organizations and community services.
• Establish a link between first-aid and prevention of accidents at work site’s level.
• Extend health coverage with the support of general public, dealing with both occupational and general health care at district
and local level.
Health education
• Talks to emphasize reinforcing virtues of health seeking behavior.
• Condom distribution to ensure family planning, prevention of STDs and reduce the financial burden on families.
• Awareness campaigns by efficient use of national and local media.
• Local women have been found well versed in the traditional ways of health and care. Therefore these women will be encouraged
and trained to apply inexpensive and traditional methods to ensure prevention and cure of diseases. Thus thereby keeping with
culture and ‘Sanskars’ of India.
Home based and accessible medical aid
• ‘Informal health care practitioners’(retired doctors/doctors working with associated NGOs) will be deployed to visit and check
the patients at their clusters at regular interval of time(say 15 days).
• Improvement of existing transportation and communication services to ensure effective connectivity and accessibility of the
unorganized sector to major hospitals.
• Government aided health insurance will be provided after proper identification of the people in informal sector as “Asanghatit
Chetra Swasthya Beema Yojana”.
Co-ordinating with Office for Education and Advancement for Informal Sector these issues will be dealt with:
8. HELP FROM STUDENTS
•Voluntary service organizations (VSOs) will be
launched in colleges allowing students to
understand and educate the local informal strata.
•They will also help us provide statistics of the
local cluster belonging to this sector.
•They will make social tours to these clusters
regularly.
•In return they will get incentives like certificates
via the government which will signify that they
are adhering to their social responsibilities.
CIVIC HELP
•Local clubs that have better understanding of
their locality and prevalent informal strata
existing there will help the government to
make them aware and literate.
• NGOs acting at grass root level that are
aligned with the ministry will help these
sectors with issues of domestic violence,
women abuse, child labour, etc.
GOVERNMENT
• Government school teachers (esp. BTC teachers coz they have least burden) will be visiting the informal
sector clusters to teach them. These teachers will be initially trained in community centers established
at block levels and will be given suitable incentives.
• Education camps will be organized on monthly basis in community centers. Here education about
loans, banking and enhancement of skills will be provided to them so that they can have a better
future.
• Helpline numbers will be distributed in the informal clusters for 24*7 help.
• Funding involved in spreading the education will be directly linked with the office
9. CHALLENGES
The informal sector is a geographically widespread
sector, hence difficult to reach.
It is generally difficult to differentiate between genuine
requests for financial help and non-genuine ones.
Keeping informal sector workers aware, their children
educated and monitoring them becomes difficult due to
their frequency of migration from one place to another.
Success of any scheme depends on the trust between
the sector in need of support and the organization
providing it. Due to so many inefficient schemes that
haven't yet been able to give the result they promised,
it has become difficult to make the informal sector trust
any new organization or policies.
MITIGATION
An integrated army of government workers, NGOs,
activists, students and volunteers will help us come
over this difficulty .
The concept of NDIS introduced will help us to keep
check on the real conditions of the requester and hence
determine the genuineness. Also a team of ‘case
inspectors’ will check each case before granting
financial help.
We will make it mandatory for the migrating clusters to
inform their mini-centers near them whenever they
migrate. Further, these centers will inform the center at
the migrating place and exchange information on the
migrating cluster.
We will hold multiple seminars & Interactive sessions
with the informal workers where representatives from
their own clusters will ensure that they trust in our
schemes & hence mutual efforts by organization &
informal sector contribute to the success of the
scheme.
11. Criteriatomeasureimpactofsolution
•Our impact of
solution will be
seen directly in
the rise of
collection of
taxes,
employment of
youth, and the
overall increase
in GDP of the
nation.
•Our organized
approach will
eradicate the
bug of
corruption and
help us to
optimize the
resources.
Scalabilityofsolution
•Our program
covers a vast
and important
sector of the
society i.e. the
informal sector.
•A work will be
done entirely
with close
association by
local
communities
and
beneficiaries.
•Each group of
informal sector
will be focused
upon in our
program.
Sustainabilityofsolution
•Our model
contributes
overall growth
of informal
sector and
bridges gap
between
manufacturing
and services i.e.
organized and
unorganized
sector.
•Our programs
are long lasting
and effective
because our
approach is
realistic and
idealistic.
Ourmonitorymechanism
•A coordinated
and hierarchical
approach to our
ministry will
provide us with
control over the
subdivided
offices .
•Each scheme
will be brought
under the office
of CAG and the
proper audited
report will be
used for further
action.
12. •Human Resource and Skill Requirements in the Unorganised
Sector by National Skill Development corporation
•Growth Pole Programme For Unorganised Sector Enterprise
Development-NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR ENTERPRISES IN
THE UNORGANISED SECTOR April,2009
•Report of the Committee on Unorganised Sector Statistics by
National Statistical Commission,Government of India-February
2012
•The unorganised sector in India-Tomy Jacob