ISSUES AND CHALLENGES OF EMPLOYMENT IN UNORGANIZED SECTORS
ISSUES AND CHALLENGES OF EMPLOYMENT IN UNORGANIZED SECTORS
ISSUES AND CHALLENGES OF EMPLOYMENT IN
UNORGANIZED SECTORS
Abstract:
Informal sector is referred to as the unorganized sector. This sector broadly corresponds to the household sector including private unincorporated enterprises. The unorganized sector also includes some formal activities on which there is no regular system of data availability. However, contribution of these formal activities in the unorganized sector is quite small he term informal sector was coined by the British economist Keith Hart in 1971, the fact remains that it has emerged as a dynamic and vibrant sector, representing a growing proportion of economic activity, particularly in the developing countries. This sector broadly corresponds to the household sector including private unincorporated enterprises. The unorganized sector also includes some formal activities on which there is no regular system of data availability. The Government of India set-up a ‘National Commission on Enterprises in the Unorganized/Informal Sector’ through a resolution dated 20th September, 2004 as an advisory body and watchdog for the informal sector. This paper is based on Issues and Challenges of employment in unorganized sectors, and it is explain about introduction of unorganized sector, Status, Issues and Challenges of employment in India, and also explained about unorganized sectors details and issues and challenges details, and the conclusion of unorganized sectors details.
INTRODUCTION
The definition of informal sector as adopted by the Fifteenth International Conference of Labour Statisticians in 1993, is regarded as a group of household enterprises or unincorporated enterprises owned by households that includes informal own-account enterprises, which may employ contributing family workers and employees on an occasional basis; and enterprises of informal employers, which employ one or more employees on a continuous basis. Although various conceptualizations of the informal sector have been debated ever since the term “informal sector” was coined by the British economist Keith Hart in 1971, the fact remains that it has emerged as a dynamic and vibrant sector, representing a growing proportion of economic activity, particularly in the developing countries.
In the informal sector is referred to as the unorganised sector. This sector broadly corresponds to the household sector including private unincorporated enterprises. The unorganised sector also includes some formal activities on which there is no regular system of data availability. However, contribution of these formal activities in the unorganized sector is quite small.
The Government of India set-up a ‘National Commission on Enterprises in the Unorganized/Informal Sector’ through a resolution dated 20th September, 2004 as an advisory body and watchdog for the informal sector. The terms of reference of the Commission included (i) the status of unorganized/informal sector in India including the nature of enterprises, their size, spread and scope, and magnitude of employment; (ii) the existing arrangements for estimating employment and unemployment in the informal sector (iii) suggest elements of an employment strategy focussing on the informal sector; (i) identify constraints faced by small enterprises with regard to freedom of carrying out the enterprise, access to raw materials, finance, skills, entrepreneurship development, infrastructure, technology and markets and suggest measures to provide institutional support and linkages to facilitate easy access to them, etc. As the Commission started functioning, the adoption of a uniform definition of un-organized/informal sector, based on the characteristics of the enterprises, became an absolute necessity for the completion of its tasks.
The first Indian National Commission on Labour (1966-69) defined the ‘unorganised sector work-force’ as “those workers who have not been able to organise themselves in pursuit of their common interest due to certain constraints like casual nature of employment, ignorance and illiteracy, small and scattered size of establishments”. On the other hand, the unorganised sector refers to those enterprises whose activities and/or collection of data are not regulated under any legal provision or where any regular accounts are not maintained. Further, in the unorganised sector, in addition to the unincorporated proprieties or partnership enterprises, enterprises run by the cooperative societies, trusts, private and limited companies are also covered. The informal sector, therefore, can be considered as a sub-set of the unorganised sector.
STATUS, ISSUES AND CHALLENGES OF EMPLOYMENT IN INDIA
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