Match List-I (worker) with List-II (status and sector):
| List-I | List-II |
|---|---|
| (A) A clerk in a government office | (I) Self-employed; informal sector |
| (B) A farmer who cultivates his own land | (II) Regular salaried; formal sector (public) |
| (C) A worker paid a monthly salary in a private factory with 12 hired workers | (III) Casual wage labourer; informal sector |
| (D) A construction worker who works for several builders | (IV) Regular salaried; formal sector (private) |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (A)-(II), (B)-(I), (C)-(IV), (D)-(III)
A worker’s status (self-employed, casual or regular salaried) and sector (formal or informal) are judged separately. The public sector is always formal; a private unit is formal only with 10 or more hired workers.
| List-I | List-II | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| (A) A clerk in a government office | (II) Regular salaried; formal sector (public) | He is paid regularly, and every public sector establishment is formal. |
| (B) A farmer who cultivates his own land | (I) Self-employed; informal sector | He runs his own farm. Farmers are in the informal sector. |
| (C) A worker paid a monthly salary in a private factory with 12 hired workers | (IV) Regular salaried; formal sector (private) | A monthly salary makes him regular; 12 hired workers makes the factory formal. |
| (D) A construction worker who works for several builders | (III) Casual wage labourer; informal sector | Non-farm casual workers who work for more than one employer are informal. |
NCERT (2026-27): “6.7 Informalisation of Indian Workforce … All the public sector establishments and those private sector establishments which employ 10 hired workers or more are called formal sector establishments and those who work in such establishments are formal sector workers. All other enterprises and workers working in those enterprises form the informal sector. Thus, informal sector includes millions of farmers, agricultural labourers, owners of small enterprises and people working in those enterprises as also the self-employed who do not have any hired workers. It also includes all non-farm casual wage labourers who work for more than one employer such as construction workers and headload workers. …” |