Informal Sector in India

Contents: Preface. Acknowledgements. 1. Social security measures in India. 2. Construction industry as an informal sector. 3. Informal sector--earnings and mobility pattern amongst urban labour. 4. Employment potentialities in informal sector. 5. Agricultural labourers as an informal group. 6. Area profile. 7. Economic analysis. 8. Employment and wages. 9. Findings, suggestions and conclusion. Bibliography. Index.

"In India the conditions and quality of the life of informal groups are very miserable. Even though the government have launched various social security measures to safeguard the interests of these unorganized poor. They are unable to utilize it because of many loopholes in it.

This book narrates the social security measures, for the construction industry workers, agricultural labourers and other unorganised groups and also deals the synoptic book on informal sector. The main attention of both central and state governments is safeguard the interest of informalised sector like Beedi, quarry workers and other unorganised and non-institutionalised set up in the society." (jacket)