Even as it implements reform proposals aimed at improving the ease of doing business, the labour ministry will also focus on improving the lives of the vast workforce in the unorganised sector through a host of initiatives, including giving them some sort of social security cover. The unorganised sector, which accounts for a little over 82% of the country’s total around 49-crore workforce, has largely been out of the social security schemes as well as the ambit of the labour regulations, and hence are a deprived lot also.
The source said this vast labour force would be issued with Aadhaar-linked Unorganised Workers’ Identification Number (U-WIN) cards to ensure that all the social security benefits reach to the persons aimed at. The government has plans to universalise social security benefits such as the Atal Pension Yojana and Employees’ State Insurance Scheme (ESIC) to all working population of the country by 2030.