The document discusses the large informal sector workforce in India and issues with implementing social welfare bills and schemes for informal workers. It notes that over 80% of scheduled castes, scheduled tribes, other backward classes and Muslims live below the poverty line. Many proposed solutions center around improving awareness of existing bills through mass media campaigns tailored to urban and rural areas. Challenges include corruption, lack of worker identification, and proper implementation. Improving implementation through dedicated teams, cells and boards could help more informal workers access social benefits.

1. Protecting the Vulnerable: Providing
social welfare to informal sector
workers
Team Information:
Amer, Faraaz, Suhael, Vasanth, Kshiti

2. Informal Sector
• Statistics:
• 836 million or 77 per cent
of the population living
below Rs.20 per capita per
day
• 88 per cent of the Scheduled
Castes and Scheduled Tribes,
80 per cent of the OBC
population and 84 per cent of
the Muslims belong to this
‘poor and vulnerable’ group
• Informal sector workers 72 per
cent (out of which 63 per cent
are self employed, regular
wage workers (17 per cent)
and casual wage workers (20
per cent)
• Informal sector also referred
to as the unorganized sector
in the country.
• "The unorganized sector
consists of all unincorporated
private enterprises owned by
individuals or households
engaged in the sale and
production of goods and
services operated on a
proprietary or partnership
basis and with less than 10
total workers.“
• An individual or an enterprise
which stays away from the
‘Tax ambit’ is called as an
Informal worker.
Some of the few Informal Sectors are: Waste Pickers, Street Vendors,
Domestic Workers , Forest Workers,

3. 93% of India’s workforce is in informal sector, which is
around 453 million
Unorganised sector generates:
62% of G.D.P
50% of Gross Net Savings
40% of National Exports
Segregation of Unorganised Informal
Sector:
All private enterprises
On priority basis that employ less than
10 employees

4. Problem Statement
• Improper implementation of Bills & Schemes.
• Causes:
o Scope of reach
o Ignorance
o Corruption
o Time Consumption(Postponement)
o Poverty
o Informal Communication(Communication Gap)
• Reason for selecting “Improper implementation of
Bills & Schemes”
o The people in the informal sector are unaware of the Bills and Schemes
that have been passed by the government which hold a number of social
benefits due to various political and social issues and hence have to be
aware of the various benefits of the bills in order to utilize them to their
utmost potential.

5. The Unorganised Workers Security Bill,2008
• The parliament
introduced “The Un-
Organised Worker’s Social
Security Act in 2008.
• The Benefits were as
follows:
o Worker’s Life and
disability cover
o Worker’s Health and
maternity benefits
o Worker’s Old age
protection
o Worker’s Housing and
children education
o Provident Fund
o Employment Injury
Benefits
o Skill upgradation of
workers
o Funeral Assistance
o Old age homes
Various Bills passed by the Government of
India for the welfare of Informal Sector
• Domestic Workers (Registration, Social
Security and Welfare) Bill, 2008
• Domestic Workers (Regulation of
Employment, Conditions of Work,
Social Security and Welfare) Bill, 2008
• The Fishermen (Protection and
Welfare) Bill, 2000
• Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional
Forest Dwellers (Recognitions of Forest
Rights ) Rules, 2007
• Street Vendors (Protection and
Promotion of Livelihood) Bill, 2007
• Draft Bill on Street vendors, 2009
• The Batteries (Management and
Handling) Rules, 2001
• Municipal Solid Waste (Management
and Handling) Rules, 2000
• The Domestic Workers Employment
Rights Protection Bill, 2004 (SEWA-
Kerala Bill)

6. Proposed Solution
Urban Sector Rural Sector
• Use of Mass Media like
Radio, Internet services,
Television, Mobile
Applications,
Newspapers,
Magazines, Bill Boards
etc.
• The informal sector
must be made aware of
the schemes in order to
make utmost use of
their rights.
• The people in the
Informal sector must be
Educated about the
various bills and
schemes passed by the
government.
The solution can be based in India being divided into
two sector viz Urban and Rural Sectors.

7. Implementation
• The use of Mass Media like Radio, Internet services, Television,
Mobile Applications, Newspapers, Magazines, Bill Boards etc.
• Setting up of Research and Development teams
• Setting up of Grievance cells
• Setting up of Informal Sector counselling Board.
• As the Urban Sector is a fully developed sector, it does not require
much of human resource and funds for the development of the
informal sector.
• The Rural area requires a large amount of Human resource and
funds for the development of the informal sector.
Proposed Source of Funding
• Make three categories among informal sectors to bring in tax
slabs which various from occupation to occupation, namely-
High income, medium income and low income.
• Let the tax rates be as low as possible. Regular monitoring of this
sector will bring in more than 5% of monetary funds for the
government which can be utilized for implementation.

8. Impact
• Large number of people from the informal sector
are becoming aware and being informed about
the Bills passed and the benefits which they are
entitled to.
• Identification of the number of people in the
informal sector is made through the various
registrations in the schemes passed by the
Government of India.

9. Challenges and Mitigation
Factors
• The main challenges are:
o Corruption: Due to Corruption the Informal Sector are unable to
make best use of their schemes.
o Population: Due to the population explosion, the number of people in
the Informal Sector are unidentified.
o Improper manner of Passing the Bills/ Schemes
o Working Conditions in Rural Sector is tough as they do not have the
basic amenities.
o Mitigation Factors would include:
o Corruption is a vast and never ending epidemic in the
world but can be brought down by constituting special
wards to take of care of the various bills and schemes.
o The Parliament must pass the bill in gentle and orderly
manner which would ensure smooth implementation

10. Appendix
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labour_in_India#Unorg
anised_labour_issues
• http://workerscentre.wordpress.com/2013/07/16/inf
ormal-sector-map-of-india/
• http://wiego.org/informal_economy_law/informal-
economy-india
• http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=41639