Unorganized Workers Case Study Essay

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S.K.G. Sundaram (2000) studied the case of Mumbai with reference to the unorganized workers observed in many markets. The study is mainly focused on the theoretical aspects of unorganized labor with reference to ILO and other working institutions in the same area. Mumbai city is taken as the case study and the problems of these underprivileged workers are observed. he studied the case of Mumbai with reference to the problems faced by unorganized workers in many markets such as cotton and cloth market, grocery market, iron & steel market, transport, dock labor, railways, Mathadi workers, child and women laborers, handicapped, taxi-drivers, hawkers, dhobis, tiffin box suppliers, domestic workers, rag pickers, prostitutes etc. The associations and NGO’s working for them are stated with their roles towards this section of the society. The need is for a strong policy and proper implementation of the same for the well-being of this section. Sheila Bhalla (2003) in her studies she discussed the contributions made to income and employment generation by the unorganized non-farm sector as a whole, and of the performance of its main subsectors. The studies …show more content…

Over the years, unorganized sectors have contributed appreciably to the Indian economy. Despite the significant role, they are having lack of power of accessing the credit. The present study is based on Kolkata city of West Bengal and describes demographic and social conditions of the unorganized workers and also investigates factors which influence credit accessibility. Primary data captured through a structured questionnaire was administered to a total of 130 respondents. In order to find out causes behind the inaccessibility of credit, binary logistic regression method has been considered appropriate. The result of the analysis suggests that male are more likely to access credit than female and the predictor is

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