• Krishna Saikia

Abstract: - Assam is one of the relatively backward states in India. In Assam, the labour force participation rate (LFPR) and work force participation rate (WFPR) shows a dark picture of the labour market of the state. As similar to National level, in this state also, the informal sector plays a dominant role in terms of employment generation in the informal labour market. The informal sector involves different types of activities and workers including agricultural workers, home-based workers, labour on construction sites, domestic worker, handicrafts, khadi and village industries, handloom weaving and sericulture, street vendor etc. Urbanisation plays a very important role on the informal sector and vice-versa. The urbanization along with the informal sector attracts a large number of job seekers. Generally, majority of the informal sector workers of Assam are facing a lot of problems such as shortage of capital fund, lack of avenues of education, insecurity of job, low wage as well as long hours of work etc. Moreover, they are living below the minimum accepted standards without adequate facilities and having very lower income that did not meet their daily needs of life. In this study an attempt is made to analyze the issues and challenges faced by the informal workers in different sectors in Assam.

Urbanisation_ types of Informal sector workers_ problems of informal sector workers

"Problems Faced by the Informal Workers in Different Sectors of Assam", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.453-458, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907F61.pdf

"Problems Faced by the Informal Workers in Different Sectors of Assam", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp453-458, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907F61.pdf