ANALYSIS OF COMPOSITION OF UNORGANIZED WORKERS IN CHENNAI, TAMILNADU – E-SHRAM
AUTHOR – MEENATCHI PRIYATHARSHINI R & PAVITHRAN S, STUDENT AT SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE IN LAW, TAMIL NADU DR AMBEDKAR LAW UNIVERSITY
BEST CITATION – MEENATCHI PRIYATHARSHINI R & PAVITHRAN S, GIG LABOUR IN INDIA: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES, ILE LABOUR LAW REVIEW, 3 (1) OF 2024, PG. 08-20, APIS – 3920 – 0009 | ISSN – 2583-6161.
ABSTRACT
There is no proper database about the number of labourers working in unorganized sector in India. As well, collecting such data would be technically next to impossible in this huge populated country. Yet other challenge is the unstable work nature. If unorganized workers are categorized into different working groups, it would be still a question to rely the data as they are very much dynamic, as people keep moving from one type of work to another. As most of these works need less specifications, people adopt to do whatever work they are available with. Yet skill plays a crucial role but it is low in case of unorganized workers[1]. When the government, especially a welfare government as that of India, is going to implement a welfare scheme for such unorganized workers such as pension scheme, or accident claims, etc., the great hurdle is that the existence of such schemes should reach out such workers and proper channels of such communication has to be sort out.
For this, ultimately, we need to know the occupation of them along with yet other factors such as age, gender, locality, etc., so that a more effective method of communication can be implemented. In India, we have handful number of welfare measures but we need effective channels to reach out people and let them be cautious about the opportunities that they are provided with. One such step of collection of national data base of unorganized workers in the e-Shram portal whereby e-Shram cards are issued by the central government. This article gives a precise analysis of the people registered in e-Shram portal, with their occupation and yet other details, as on Feb 06, 2024 in Chennai District, Tamil Nadu.
Keywords: e-Shram, Unorganized labourers, National Data Base, Welfare schemes
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