With the agriculture sector employing 45% of the workforce but accounting for only 15% of GDP, it confirms that two-thirds of India’s workforce engages in low-productivity work.
On 29 June, the Supreme Court had fixed 31 July as the deadline for the Centre to make the portal operational. The database’s dry run and security audit is underway now.
Expecting India's low-paid, unorganised workforce to be part of a fully contributed social sector architecture is unrealistic, writes IAS officer serving in Bihar.
It is a great initiative by the Modi govt, but there are issues of overlapping definitions & how to make registration accessible to as many workers as possible.
The portal, which will also have an app version, will help unorganised workers get details of different welfare schemes and can apply online to avail of the benefits.
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I feel that the unorganized sector does more ‘Nyaya’ to the work force than the ‘khatakhat’ approach of Congress Party to raise the GDP.