Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Economics

Chapter

Indian Economic Development: Employment - Growth, Informalisation and Other Issues

Question:

Rights of which of the following workers are not protected by the labour laws of our nation?

Options:

Hired workers

Self-employed workers

Formal workers

Informal workers

Correct Answer:

Informal workers

Explanation:

The rights of the informal workers are not protected by the labour laws. 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 nonfarm casual wage labourers who work for more than one employer such as construction workers and headload workers.