NCEUS proposes formation of National Fund for unorganised sector
05 Apr '07
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Thus, regulation of the condition of work of wage workers needs to go hand in hand with the protection and promotion of livelihood of the self-employed workers and enhancing the growth and productivity of the unorganised sector enterprises.
The Commission had earlier proposed a draft Bill “Unorganised Sector Workers (Conditions of Work & Livelihood Promotion) Bill, 2005” for comments and feedback.
Based on the comments received from states, trade unions and other stake holders, the Commission has revised the earlier proposal and has now proposed two Bills “Unorganised Non-agricultural Sector Workers (Conditions of Work and Livelihood Promotion) Bill, 2007” and the “Unorganised Agricultural Sector Workers (Conditions of Work and Livelihood Promotion) Bill, 2007” to cover unorganised agricultural workers and non-agricultural workers respectively.
Part 1 of each of the Bills contains provisions relating to the regulation of conditions of work of wageworkers. Part 2 of the Bill relates to the protection and promotion of livelihoods of the unorganised workers.
Dr. Sengupta further elaborated that the Draft Bills provided for basic and minimum conditions of work for all unorganised wage workers and home workers. Instead of relying on bureaucratic implementation and costly and time consuming legal redressal procedures, the Commission has accorded priority to conciliation and has proposed the participation of workers' representatives and elected representatives of the local bodies in the conciliation and dispute resolution committees.
The proposed Bills also mandate that the appropriate governments take the necessary steps to protect and promote these livelihoods through appropriate policies and programmes, and have provided for an institutional machinery to take a holistic view of the sector and to mobilise the necessary resources to help the sector overcome such constraints and facilitate its growth.
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