Organised and Unorganised Sector Employment in India: Macro Stand Point

C. Tholkappian Tholkappian

Abstract


Organised and unorganised sector Employment in India in this paper main focus on unorganised women workers in India in this connection Unorganised labour is not formerly cohesive in any recognized association and union with defined ideology, goals and areas of specialization. The unorganised sector of the economy in India is the largest sector in term of employment of the workforce. It consists of agriculture and such related activities as forestry, livestock and fishing as well as non – agriculture. The bill if National Commission for Enterprises in the unorganised sector, 2006 presented by the government of India Women are still far behind in the actual distribution of social status, economic value and political authority. Women contributes almost half (49.7 per cent) of the global total population. The actual participation of women in all spheres of human interactions has been extremely poor. Similarly one of the two main tasks entrusted to our Commission is to propose umbrella legislation for workers in the unorganized sector. We have also been asked to see that the legislation, and the system that will be built around it, will assure at least a minimum protection and welfare to workers in the unorganized sector.  

Keywords


Organised, unorganised, women, workers, employment, urban insurances, corporation, sector, rural, Empowerment

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