unorganized sector | SabrangIndia News Related to Human Rights Mon, 02 Apr 2018 07:54:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.2 https://sabrangindia.in/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Favicon_0.png unorganized sector | SabrangIndia 32 32 Informal workers in the making of our cities https://sabrangindia.in/informal-workers-making-our-cities/ Mon, 02 Apr 2018 07:54:05 +0000 http://localhost/sabrangv4/2018/04/02/informal-workers-making-our-cities/ India’s unorganized sector forming over 80 percent of the total work force generates about 50 percent of the country’s gross domestic product. Over the years when the rights of workers in formal sectors have deteriorated and makes it difficult for them to organize themselves, the condition of workers in the informal sector has remained the […]

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]]> India’s unorganized sector forming over 80 percent of the total work force generates about 50 percent of the country’s gross domestic product. Over the years when the rights of workers in formal sectors have deteriorated and makes it difficult for them to organize themselves, the condition of workers in the informal sector has remained the worst. Hence, the plight of workers in the informal sector is unheard and never crosses the middle class imagination of the country. In this deplorable reality of large proportion of the country’s workforce, there is an urgent need for workers’ movements and larger civil society to initiate countrywide dialogues and advocacy with the government to transform the unorganized sector.

 

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