Safety Net Measures for Unorganised Workers in India: Critical Gaps and Challenges

Type Working Paper - Social Change
Title Safety Net Measures for Unorganised Workers in India: Critical Gaps and Challenges
Author(s)
Volume 44
Issue 2
Publication (Day/Month/Year) 2014
Page numbers 179-203
URL http://sch.sagepub.com/content/44/2/179.short
Abstract
There is an overwhelming number of working and non-working poor in India who are subject to multiple deprivations and this is the root cause of social insecurity. This article provides an overview as well as performance of existing safety net measures in India and concludes that either the coverage and quantum of benefits under ongoing social security schemes are very low or these are not reaching the intended beneficiaries. Against this backdrop, this article suggests effective implementation of the Unorganised Workers Social Security Act, 2008.

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