Resource
The Unorganized Sector Worker's Social Security Bill, 2007
Extension of social protection in India, Information papers series
Summary (English)
On September 10th, 2007, the Indian Ministry of Labour and Employment introduced in Parliament a new draft version of the Unorganized Sector Workers' Social Security Bill, with the following main features:
- The objective is to cover in a phased manner and over a five-year period 60 million Below Poverty Line workers (and their families);
- The following main contingencies are to be covered: medical care, survivors' benefits, disability and old-age pensions;
- The responsibility to design appropriate health insurance schemes is transferred to the State Governments;
- National and State Advisory Boards are to be set up to recommend from time to time additional welfare measures and schemes.