In some communities, you might have noticed that even if the males do not earn a high income, they do not send women to work. Why?
Important Questions on Employment : Growth, Informalisation and Other Issues
We generally think that only those who are doing paid work regularly or casually such as agricultural labourers, factory workers, those who work in banks and other offices as assistants and clerks are workers. From the above discussion, you must have understood that those who are self-employed such as pavement vegetable vendors, professionals such as lawyers, doctors and engineers are also workers. Mark (a), (b) and (c) against self-employed, regular salaried employees and casual wage labourers respectively:
1. Owner of a saloon.
2. Worker in a rice mill who is paid on daily basis but employed regularly.
3. Cashier in State Bank of India.
4. Typist working in a state government office on a daily wage basis but paid monthly.
5. A handloom weaver.
6. Loading worker in a wholesale vegetable shop.
7. Owner of a cool drinks shop that sells Pepsi, Coca-Cola and Mirinda.
8. Nurse in a private hospital who gets a monthly salary and has been working regularly for the past 5 years.
Economists point out that casual wage labourers are the most vulnerable among the three categories. Could you locate who these workers are and where they are found and why?
Which of the following are employed in the informal sector.
- Worker in a hotel which has seven hired workers and three family workers
- A private school teacher in a school which has teachers
- A police constable
- Nurse in a government hospital
- Cycle-rickshaw puller
- The owner of a textile shop employing nine workers
- The driver of a bus company which has more than buses with drivers, conductors and other workers
- Civil engineer working in a construction company which has ten workers
- Computer operator in the state government office working on a temporary basis
- A clerk in the electricity office.
