Impact of social security schemes and welfare programmes on Beedi Rollers
Abstract
Beedi rolling is one of the major informal
sector activities in India, which employs a
large number of women and children. The
Government of India estimates that there are
about 50.53 lakh workers in this industry and
44,49,352 identity cards have been issued
to beedi workers. Of these, the majority are
home-based female workers who live below
poverty line. Beedi workers constitute one of
the most vulnerable sections of the country’s
workforce. This paper is an attempt to
evaluate the effectiveness of social security
and welfare programmes and its provision
such as educational, medical, insurance,
pension and other issues. The paper “Impact
of Social Security and Welfare Programmes
on Beedi Rollers”, is based on the primary
data collected from the Sagar district of
Madhya Pradesh and Rajnandgaon district of
Chhattisgarh.
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Sen, V. (2016). Impact of social security schemes and welfare programmes on Beedi Rollers. Social Cohesion and Development, 6(2), 133–147. https://doi.org/10.12681/scad.8964
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