 India: Inclusive Development through the Extension of Social SecurityWouter Ginneken Chapter 11 in Social Security, the Economy and Development, 2008, pp 287-304 from Palgrave Macmillan Abstract: Abstract India’s spectacular economic achievements over the past decade have contributed to a strong decline in poverty, but the number of people living in poverty is still very high. A total of 370 million people — or about one-third of India’s population — live under the basic poverty line (less than 1 US$ [make consistent]per person per day, in 1993 purchasing power). A total of 855 million – or about two-thirds of the Indian population — cope with less than 2 US$ (ILO, 2006a). Moreover, employment in the formal economy has hardly grown. On the other hand, employment in the informal economy is rising, regrouping currently about 93 per cent of the labour force. The 7 per cent of all workers who are employed in the formal economy are the civil servants as well as most employees in medium and large enterprises. A small part of workers in the informal economy are also covered by social security schemes, such as welfare or micro-insurance schemes, with the result that only some 10 per cent of the Indian population enjoys some level of social protection. Keywords: Social Security; Social Protection; Informal Economy; Inclusive Development; National Rural Health Mission (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-58219-4_12 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Palgrave Macmillan Books from Palgrave Macmillan |
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