PROTECTING THE VULNERABLES

PROVIDING SOCIAL WELFARE TO INFORMAL SECTOR WORKERS

TEAM DETAILS:

ASHISH GHILDIYAL

RAJAT KUMAR

SAURABH CHAUHAN

ROHAN GOSAIN

NANDINI SINGH

The informal sector constitutes about 90% of the workforce in India but still they are

deprived of the basic facilities.

PROBLEMS RELATED TO INFORMAL SECTOR:

•Low wages

•Lack of proper working conditions

•Social Insecurity

•Poor medical facilities

•Low literacy rate

TOTAL EMPLOYMENT IN

2009-10

ORGANISED

UNORGANISED

PROPOSED SOLUTION

•Forming a centralized

organization working

for the welfare of the

informal sector

workers.

•Sub division of the

organization into

different sectors

consisting of their own

governing body.

•Central committee to

monitor the working of

all the sector.

Central committee

Agriculture Department

Transport Department

Construction Department

Industrial Department

Domestic Workers

Vendors

Fisheries Department

Structure of the governing body

Each sector is to be governed as per the following hierarchy:

CHAIRPERSON(CENTRAL COMMITTEE)

DIRECTOR

FINANCIAL COMMITTEE FTE:10

MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE

FTE:10

CITY CONTROLLER

CITY CONTROLLER

DEPARTMENT HEAD

DEPARTMENT HEAD

MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE

FTE:5

MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE

FTE:5

INFORMAL WORKERSINFORMAL WORKERS

FINANCE COMMITTEE

FTE:3

FINANCE COMMITTEE

FTE:3

REGIONAL LEVELCENTRAL LEVEL

FUNCTION OF THE COMMITTEES

AGRICULTURE

COMMITTEE

� Buying the produce directly from farmers.

� Providing the goods to central committee for further distribution.

� Fixing the rates of the crops for the farmers.

� Granting compensation to farmers in case of famines and

droughts.

� Arranging for a team of scientists annually to examine the soil

condition.

� Running a 24*7 helpline for the farmers.

� Setting up of local banks providing loans to farmers.

VENDORS

COMMITTEE

FISHERIES

COMMITTEE

� Buying of goods from central committee.

� Assigning areas to its workers.

� Daily collection of the income from the workers.

� Monthly distribution of the workers salaries.

� Granting bonuses to workers based on their performance.

� To monitor the production and selling of fish products.

� Buying the fishes from the workers.

� Setting up of a transportation network for timely transportation of

goods.

� Finding nearby markets for quick consumption of the produce.

� Formation of preservation centers.

� Setting up of weather stations to warn the fishermen about

storms and hurricanes.

FUNCTION OF THE COMMITTEES

DOMESTIC

WORKERS

COMMITTEE

TRANSPORT

COMMITEE

CONSTRUCTION

COMMITTEE

INDUSTRIAL

COMMITTEE

� Serving as a bridge between domestic workers and owners.� Fixing the wages and working hours for the workers.�Giving preference to widows.� Solving disputes between workers and owners.

�Running a 24*7 helpline for the customers for booking.�To fix the rates per km for the convenience and attraction of

customers.�To find ways to make the services attractive among customers.

� Searching job opportunities for the workers.� Fixing minimum wages for the workers.�Allotment of workers at the construction sites.� Providing houses to workers with collaboration with government

housing schemes.

� Fixing wages for the workers.�Ensure safe working condition for the workers.� Starting up new projects with collaboration with private sectors

promoting new job opportunities for workers. �Organizing short term training programmes

FARMERS

FISHERMEN

TRANSPORT

FOOD

TRANSPORTATION

DOMESTIC

INDUSTRIAL

CONSTRUCTION

VENDORS

FISHERMEN

INDUSTRIAL

CONSTRUCTION

TRANSPORT

DOMESTIC

VENDORS

Central committee

will directly buy the

food from the

farmers

Central committee will provide

transportation facility to other

sectors at 10% profit

Central

committee will

provide rations to

other sectors at

minimum rates

Good provided by the central

committee to vendors for

distribution

POLICIES IMPLEMENTATION

SCHOOLING FACILITY �Free schooling for children of

all the workers

�Providing compulsory

education till class 12.

�Providing assistance to those

who opt for higher studies on

the basis of merit.

� Abandoned government

buildings to be renovated and

used for this purpose.

� All the willing retired personals

and people engaged with NGOs

to work as teachers.

PENSION �Providing monthly pension to

all the workers of the

organization after retirement.

�A different board is to be set up

that will keep record of all the

pensioners and carry out the

distribution of the pension.

�All the workers will deposit 5% of

their income.

LOANS �Providing loan facility for the

workers.

�Tie up with nationalized banks.

�The bank will provide loan at 2%

interest per annum.

�The maximum limit for loan will be

Rs 1 Lac.

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ORGANISATIONAL

COST

LOGISTIC

COST

TECHNOLOGY

COST

CHAIRPERSON {10 LACS}

DIRCTOR {8 LACS}

CENTRAL OFFICERS {5 LACS}

CITY CONTROLLER {6 LACS}

DEPARTMENT HEAD {5 LACS}

REGIONAL OFFICERS {4.5 LACS}

ESTABLISHMENT {50 CRORES}

COMMUNICATION{25 CRORES}

ADVERTISMENT{25 CRORES}

The organizational model will require a funding of INR 600 Cr from government bodies and

NGOs.

The program will be able to impact 437 million informal sector workers

in India

BETTER WAGES

•Better living conditions

•Increase in GDP of the

country

•Improved health

facilities for all families

•Less number of

families below poverty

line.

PENSION AND FUNDS

•Secure future

•Financial support for

offspring

•Reasonable savings

SCHOOLS

•Better education for

children

•Ability to compete in the

growing world

•Secure future for coming

generations

•Social awareness

•Increase in literacy rate

The system as a whole will help in ensuring regular income for the vulnerable and will

help them lead lives in a better and efficient way.

The episodes of crimes will be reduced to a great extent as poverty and lack of

education forces many small scale workers to indulge in crimes even if they are

unwilling to do so.

ORGANISATIONAL

CHALLENEGES

•Difficulty in

management

•Difficulty in raising funds

to start with

IMPLEMENTATION

CHALLENGES

•Communication gap

between employees

•Lack of fighting spirit

due to equal income

MITIGATION

TECHNIQUES

•Timely and corruption

free organization

•Contribution by

government as well as

NGOs

•Proper distribution

of work

•Regular meetings at

city level

•Monthly bonus for

outstanding workers

REFERENCES:

•The Challenge of Employment in India, NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR ENTERPRISES IN THE

UNORGANISED SECTOR

•Report No. 519 (61/10/7), National Sample Survey Organisation ,Ministry of Statistics &

Programme Implementation Government of India

•Size, Contribution and Characteristics of Informal Employment in India, Jeemol Unni , The

Gujarat Institute of Development Research, Ahmedabad, India

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