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Manthan theme :-

Protecting the vulnerable:

providing social welfare to

informal sector workers

•Siddharth Kumar

•Vivek Sahu

•Mohd. Irshan

•Gautam Singh

•Satyam Parashar

Problem Statement:

Over 94% of India’s working population is part of the unorganised sector created 57% of the Indian Net Domestic Product in 2006, about 9 fold less per worker than the organized

According to the NCEUS, only about 7% of the total workforce in India has any form of social security.

Although there is variation, the percentage of unorganized labor in Indian states can go as

high as 90%

Proper Publicity (preferably 6

months) prior to Registration Registration through proper

technology(Online) Random Checking for true

registration Mild Punishment for those

found guilty(Monetary Punishment)

Harsh Punishment to those found guilty(Monetary + Imprisonment)

A Complaint forum will be set up to regulate and filter the list,headed in hierarchical order by District Body, State Body and Central Body.

The body will take strict against defaulters

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The body will be set up at local level. The body can have members from police and local panchayati raj body.

The members will have a span of 6 months and members will be selected by rotation policy. The people in the list will be categorized Issues of each sector will be dealt specifically Classification of Central government scheme Common Issues like educating people about their own sector, reducing temporary jobs, would be taken care of, shifting to better paid work within occupation.

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• Publicity of such registration. For its full effect people should know about this. And those who have an eye for fake registration to avail benefits will also be warned through these ads. Also it will be clearly mentioned in every advertisement who all are eligible to this registration. This eligibility will be on the criteria of income, basic amenities and standard of living. If someone does not qualify he/she will be clearly

advised NOT TO COME. Or else strict actions are obvious.

• audio visual assistance- most impactful way

• newspapers, magazines, posters, news, MEDIA, Bollywood.

First step:

• What will be the questions??

• Which sector? Income details? Proofs? Employers and employee details? Thorough questions investigating their work? Problem you face in your work? Education? Family details? Official documents for identity? Wealth? Contact details?

Second step: Registration(1)

First solution : the main one! Proper registration that identifies the right people to be helped. The GENUINE NEEDY PEOPLE!!!!

HOW??

THIRD MOVE Forwarding their cards and UIN through posts. Publicise the general schemes as well as sector based schemes that we will be providing them with. Benefits will be told. Schemes will be explained audio visually. Important schedules will be circulated. The general body as well as specific bodies will focus upon the solutions. Once we identify the right mob and they are made aware of their rights and benefits to be provided, implementation workload reduces

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After getting the answers….

Organising the data collected.

Division of sectors

Specialising expert committee for

each sector and problems

concerning that sector.

Few other steps… Random checking of 5% families increase seriousness .Publicising So that no. of useless entries in second step reduces. Investigating 5% is a pre thought event. This serves two way purpose, surfaces some fake entries and sends a message to others to opt out of the further steps of registration if they intended to gain benefits without belonging to needy group. If caught after second step, a harsh action will be taken.

THIS IS EXCLUSION STEP TO IDENTIFY THE REAL INFORMAL SECTOR.

Fear, strictest actions and its publicity, checking of data will help us doing so. In

this step they are just asked to report their registration details to ensure that they are not in the excluded. In between the two

steps, we require a mixture of volunteers’ input and technology to check the

relevant data (those concerning the eligibility of registrations). Finally what we have after second step is more or less the

true and needy informal sector

REDUCTION IN ENTRIES AFTER SECOND STEP

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• Once schemes are finalised local government should be aware of this functioning and should take up the responsibilities of delivering them to the registered families in their locality. If needed a government body further down should be made to ensure proper functioning and reduce workload.

• Online records will be maintained of the services provided and services delivered.

• The registered people will be made skilled educated in their respective departments.

• Apart from this we can also try to make them educated enough in computers so that they can handle their accounts hence make the system easier. More and more people learning this easier it becomes for government and people to avail the service which is our prime concern.

• Apart from this, a complaint body will also be set up to ensure the complaints against fake registrations. Key features: anonymity, strict response.

1) permanent contracts

2) regular days and hours of work

3) wage payments and higher wages

4) opportunities to shift to better-paid work within occupation

1) more regular work

2) higher wages

3) skills training: masonry, carpentry, and other construction skills

4) safety regulations

5) accident insurance and workers’ compensation

6) ID cards

7) registers or other proof of days of

work.

Construction Workers:

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• regular, secure, and enforceable work orders • regular and timely payments • piece rates that are equivalent to minimum

wages • occupational health and safety measures • capital to improve their workspace (often

their home) and upgrade their equipment • basic infrastructural services – water,

electricity, and sanitation – to improve their homes-as-workplaces

• secure vending sites • access to capital on fair terms: a loan

product tailored to their daily need for working capital

• bargaining power with wholesale traders • infrastructure services at vending sites:

shelter, water, sanitation • license to sell and identity cards • freedom from harassment, evictions, and

bribes • positive public image

LEGAL RECOGNITION AND POSITIVE IMAGE AS WASTE PICKERS • They are not formalised which is making their work highly

inefficient.

• A proper formalisation and recognition will surely help increase their efficiency.

• To make them a permanent employee, they will be provided

with proper equipment (as in the case of coolie) making them 4th class permanent employee(as in the case of coolie).

• They will be taught the importance of cleanliness (hence their

job), and risks involved into this.

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Stakeholder(s) involved at each step

Volunteers, local government, NGOs, policy makers, police, National bodies for implementation of scheme, Employers,sponsers, ad making companies, actors volunteering for the causes, technicians.

Leveraging existing government infrastructure

A majority of present government schemes, policies are helpful to reduce the workload. National old age pension scheme, national family benefit scheme, national maternity benefit, mahatma Gandhi bunker bima yojana, health insurance scheme for handloom weaver, etc. local government, panchayati raj system, AADHAR card

Financial and human resources required at each step

6 month prior publicity, warnings : we need audio visual assistance, as this is the most impactful way of conveying message. A good number of creative tech team, various means through which we circulate this, ad companies play a role, actors if willing can be contacted. Papers magazines, posters, all means are to be covered. Media help is must.

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Criteria to measure the impact of the solution and its scalability : Aware ness amongst the public. About the registration and its implementation. Its benefits. The reduction in fake registrations also implies the successful implementation People feedback Sustainability of the solution It is successful OBVIOUSLY!! Why? Because not being able to identify was our major issue. And we have put forward a solution for that. It requires a deal of dedicated volunteers and technology. Though difficult but are still the two abundant resources. Appropriate monitoring mechanisms A body that looks after the complaint forum. And its proper functioning. Maintaining its strictness. There is a advising committee for each step that should crystal clear with the solution and hence be able guide others in case of any doubt. LOCAL GOVERNMENT. CENTRAL GOVERNTMENT are major players in this.

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Finding the volunteers. Implementation of technology. Funding.

Getting the people informed about this move, taking care of internal government issues,

not being able to satisfy the needs of some sectors, Electricity, paper wastage, technology availability,

readily available government schemes, and its right and efficient implementation.

Challenges

• Tighter integration with formal education, advertising campaigns to get volunteers, funding is not a very big problem since this is a economic and political solution. Only area is technology.

• And getting more and more sponsors will be a very good answer.

• Govt internal issues are to be handled with dedication and volunteering. Government should be ready with the schemes

Means to mitigate the

identified challenges

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References:

• World Bank Data Bank • Census Of India • Weigo.org • Unorganised sector law 2008, 2007 • ilo.org • data.gov.in • rbi.org.in • Brittanicaonline.com • wikipedia.com • techbrowsing.com • mospi.nic.in • wdtv.com • gsdrc.org • academia.edu • labour.nic.in • cglabour.gov.in • rsbychhattisgarhh.in • www.nif.org • www.un.org • http://wiego.org/informal_economy_law/informal-economy-india • http://www.academia.edu/3154420/Understanding_the_distribution_of_BPL

_cards_All-India_and_selected_states • http://www.deccanherald.com/content/17496/F • http://infochangeindia.org/agenda/women-a-work/understanding-the-

unorganised-sector.html