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Predicament of the Unorganised Workers iin the Construction Sector with a Special Reference to Lockdown duet o COVID-10


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With the advent of COVID-19, the construction sector has been adversely affected in India since it deploys large number of the unorganised labour, especially migrant workers, hired through contractual means. This research aims to study the challenges faced by unorganised workers in the construction sector, especially during the COVID-19 outbreak and subsequent lockdown. It also tries to understand the classification of workers in the construction sector and their composition. It seeks to investigate the effectiveness of the social security provisions available for the unorganised sector workers in general and in the construction sector in particular, and highlights the specific measures taken by the Indian government and/or other authorities to tackle the issues faced by these workers during the lockdown. Based on the findings of the study, suggestions have been made to bring about necessary changes in the current legal and administrative structures in place for coping with the problems faced by the unorganised workers in the construction industry.

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Unorganised Workers, Workers in the Construction Sector, COVID-19, Migrant Workers, Lockdown
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Sanghamitra Buddhapriya
Professor, OB & HR, FORE School of Management, New Delhi, India

Abstract


With the advent of COVID-19, the construction sector has been adversely affected in India since it deploys large number of the unorganised labour, especially migrant workers, hired through contractual means. This research aims to study the challenges faced by unorganised workers in the construction sector, especially during the COVID-19 outbreak and subsequent lockdown. It also tries to understand the classification of workers in the construction sector and their composition. It seeks to investigate the effectiveness of the social security provisions available for the unorganised sector workers in general and in the construction sector in particular, and highlights the specific measures taken by the Indian government and/or other authorities to tackle the issues faced by these workers during the lockdown. Based on the findings of the study, suggestions have been made to bring about necessary changes in the current legal and administrative structures in place for coping with the problems faced by the unorganised workers in the construction industry.

Keywords


Unorganised Workers, Workers in the Construction Sector, COVID-19, Migrant Workers, Lockdown

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