INFORMAL WORKERS AND SOCIAL SECURITY - ANALYTICAL OVERVIEW: WITH REFERENCE TO TIRUPUR CITY OF TAMILNADU

Volume : VII, Issue : VIII, August - 2018

N. Prabaharan

The unorganised sector comprises, among others, activities which (a) are in the nature of self–employment and/or family labour;

(b) pose difficulties in identifying the incumbents/players as either employers or employees. In India the formal, or organized,

sector is not able to generate employment opportunities for the unskilled or semi–skilled workers on a large scale, forcing them to

get residually absorbed in the unorganized sector. The Indian Economy is characterised by the existence of a vast majority of

informal or unorganized labour employment. As per the Recent Economic Survey, 94% of Indias workforce includes the selfemployed

and employed in unorganized sector. The study thus lays emphasis on the social security system that needs to be

effective and constructive and should have of more and more coverage areas. The government should get the confidence of the

working class to protect them from uncertain contingencies so that they can happily contribute towards social security benefits.