2. Definition According to I.L.O, “Social security is the protection which society provides for its members trough a series of public measure, against the economic and social distress that otherwise would be caused by the stoppage or substantial prediction of earning resulting from sickness, maternity, employment, injury, unemployment, invalidity, old age and death”
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6. Social Security in India According to article 41 of the India constitution lays down, “the state shall with in the limits of its economic capacity and development make effective provision securing the right to work, to education and to public assistance in case of unemployment, old age, sickness, and disablement, And other cases of unserved wants”
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9. The Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 The Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 regulates employment of women in certain establishments for a certain period before and after childbirth and provides for maternity and other benefits.