• Dr. Vijay V. Muradande

India, being a Welfare State, has taken upon itself the responsibilities of extending various benefits of Social Security and Social Assistance to its citizens deriving their strength and spirit from the Directive Principles of the State Policy as contained in the Constitution of India. The unorganized sector in India comprises roughly 93% of the population. Only 7% were in the organized sector having access to statutory social security benefits. The remaining workforce had been socially excluded. The unorganized sector contributes over 60% of the country’s GDP to the national prosperity; yet, workers in this sector do not have access to sufficient and reliable social security. Several and successive attempts have been made to address the multifarious problems faced by the workers in the unorganized sector through legislative as well as programme oriented measures. Even though these measures have not succeeded in achieving the desired object partly on account of the ignorance, illiteracy and lack of unionization of workers on the one hand and the resource constraints of the State on the other, some of the programmes have provided a good setting through which the hopes and expectation of the workers in the unorganized sector have been considerably aroused. Substantive labour standards need to be enacted to provide a floor of rights for all workers. This may include minimum wages, maximum hours of work, social and income security, health security and so on. In the present paper an attempt has been made to understand the nature and growth of unorganized workers, the initiatives of social security towards unorganized workers and to highlight the needs of the unorganized workers on social security aspects.

Social Security, Unorganized Sector, Legislative Measures, Policy

"Social Security Protection for Unorganised Sector Workers in India: Myth & Reality", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.4, Issue 3, page no.669-678, March-2017, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1703115.pdf

"Social Security Protection for Unorganised Sector Workers in India: Myth & Reality", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.4, Issue 3, page no. pp669-678, March-2017, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1703115.pdf