Unorganised Labour Migration in India with Special Reference to Changing Pattern of Socio-Economic Conditions in Colonial Epoch

Abstract

Unorganised labours in India are classified in different clusters. Historian, social scientists and economists mainly have followed that the majority portion of the Unorganised working people are migrating permanently or temporarily inter-state, inter-district, within districts during a specific time of the year searching better opportunities. Various Acts for the benefit of workers of the organized sectors has been introduced time to time by the Government but unfortunately large populations of the working community who are belonging to the unorganized sectors have not come to the focus in true sense light of the Acts in the context of socio-economic conditions.

Keywords: Informal Sector Migrated Labour, Marginal Labour, Bonded Labour, Social Security Act, Landless Labour, Seasonal Labour.