 the unorganised workers' social security (amendment) bill, 2010 a billto amend the unorganised workers' social security act, 2008be it enacted by parliament in the sixty-first year of the republic of india as follows:—short title and commencement1 (1) this act may be called the unorganised workers' social security (amendment)act, 2010(2) it extends to the whole of india5(3) it shall come into force on such date, as the central government may, by notificationin the official gazette, appoint33 of 2008amendment of section 22 in section 2 of the unorganised workers' social security act, 2008, (hereinafter referred to as the principal act),—(i) for clause (l), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:—10"(l) "unorganised sector" means an enterprise owned by individuals orself-employed workers and engaged in the production or sale of goods or providing service of any kind whatsoever, and where the said enterprise is not covered under the definition of factory in the factories act, 1948;"63 of 1948(ii) after clause (l), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:—15"(la) "social security" means measures, framed by the central or the stategovernment  in collaboration with the employment providers for welfare of workers engaged in unorganised sector, such as, old age pension, unemployment allowances, maternity benefits, life insurance cover, accident and medical facility, provident fund, etc;"3 in section 3 of the principal act,—amendment of section 3(i) for sub-section (1), the following sub-sections shall be substituted, namely:—| "(                                                                         | 1   | ) the central government shall, by notification in the official   ||----------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----|-------------------------------------------------------------------|| gazette, establish the unorganised workers' social security fund for the   |     |                                                                   || welfare of unorganised sector workers                                     |     |                                                                   || 5                                                                          |     |                                                                   || unorganised                                                                |     |                                                                   || workers'                                                                   |     |                                                                   || social security                                                            |     |                                                                   || fund                                                                      |     |                                                                   || (                                                                          | 1a  | ) the central government shall as soon as may be, by notification || in the official gazette, establish a welfare fund known as the unorganised |     |                                                                   || workers' social security fund for the purpose of this act to which there   |     |                                                                   || shall be credited such moneys as may be received from donations, grants,   |     |                                                                   || contributions, and other aids etc                                         |     |                                                                   || 10                                                                         |     |                                                                   || (                                                                          | 1b  | ) all moneys received in the welfare fund shall be utilised for   || the welfare of the unorganised sectors, workers in such manner as the      |     |                                                                   || central government may prescribe from time to time                        |     |                                                                   || 15                                                                         |     |                                                                   || (                                                                          | 1c  | ) the central government shall, after due appropriation made by   || parliament, by law in this behalf, credit to the fund such sums as may be  |     |                                                                   || necessary for the purpose of this act                                     |     |                                                                   |(ii) in sub-section (2) after the words "welfare schemes" the words "for all the workers of unorganised sectors", shall be inserted(iii) after sub-section (4), the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:—20(4a) safeguards and benefits framed under the unorganised workers' social security schemes shall be operated by the central government with the assistance of any nationalised financial institutions"amendment of section 54 in section 5 of the principal act, after sub-section (8), the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:—25"(9) the national board shall be assisted by a secretariat which shall comprise such officers and employees as may be prescribed"amendment of  section 65 in section 6 of the principal act, after sub-section (8), the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:—"(9) the state board shall be assisted by a secretariat which shall comprise such officers and employees as may be prescribed"306 after chapter v of the principal act, the following chapter shall be inserted, namely:— 'chapter va| insertion    ||--------------|| new chapter  || va          | redressal mechanism35redressal mechanism model10a (1)  the central government shall establish a redressal mechanism model for theunorganised workers engaged in every profession, which  shall include local administration, employer or employment provider, police or any other authority(2) the disputes and grievances relating to employment, livelihood, rehabilitation, etc, shall be resolved in an amicable atmoshpere and in a just manner" statement  of  objects  and  reasonsthe unorganised workers' social security act, 2008 was passed with the objective of providing appopriate and sufficient social security  to the workers engaged in the unorganised sector of the country it would be pertinent to mention that ninety-four per cent workers of the country are engaged in the unorganised sector so, it is the moral responsibility of the government to provide social security to the workers working on such a large scale the unorganised workers' social security act, 2008, is certainly a commendable step in this direction but this act cannot be considered to be sufficient because its provisions appear more as a formality it is not surprising that a large number of workers engaged in the unorganised sector are dissatisfied with the provisions of the unorganised workers'  social security act, 2008 the most important issue is that 'social security' has not been defined legally in this act besides, the provisions of the act are either in many ways insufficient or do not reflect the main objective of providing social security to the work force therefore, it is expedient to amend the unorganised workers' social security act, 2008 it is the moral responsibility of the  government because the workers engaged in the unorganised sector make two-third contribution in national productivity in view of the above, the unorganised workers' social security (amendment) bill, 2010 is being proposedhence, this billprabhat  jha financial  memorandumclause  3 of the bill provides for the establishment of the unorganised workers' social security fund, and makes it obligatory for the central government to provide requisite funds for carrying out the purposed of the bill clause 4 and clause 5 provide for the establishment of  a secretariat for assisting the national social security board as well as the state social security board the bill, if enacted, will involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india and it is difficult to calculate the expense at this  juncture a non-recurring expenditure of rupees one hundred crore may also involve from the consolidated fund of india annexure extracts from the unorganised workers' social security act, 2008 (33 of  2008)        definitions2 in this act, unless  the context otherwise requires,—        (l) "unorganised sector" means an enterprise owned by individuals or self-employed workers and engaged in the production or sale of goods or providing service of any kind whatsoever, and where the enterprise employs workers, the number of such workers is less than ten;              framing of scheme3 (1) the central government shall formulate and notify, from time to time, suitable welfare schemes for unorganised workers on matters relating to—(a) life and disability cover; (b) health and maternity benefits; (c) old age protection; and(d) any other benefit as may be determined by the central government(2) the schemes included in the schedule 1  to this act shall be deemed to be the welfare schemes under sub-section (1)              (4) the state government may formulate and notify, from time to time, suitable welfare schemes for unorganised workers, including schemes relating to—(a) provident fund; (b) employment injury benefit; (c) housing;(d) educational schemes for children; (e) skill upgradation of workers; (f) funeral assistance; and (g) old age homes———— a billto amend the unorganised workers' social security act, 2008————(shri prabhat jha, mp)gmgipmrnd—943rs(s3)—05-08-2011