The months from September to December 2007 saw the widely anticipated legislation on social security for unorganised workers being submitted in Parliament, and the release of a report of the Standing Committee on Labour reviewing the Bill.
On 24 May 2007, the Union Cabinet approved a plan for the provision of social security to unorganised sector workers. The main provision of the plan is to constitute a National Advisory Board to design, from time to time, suitable welfare schemes for different sections of unorganised workers and to recommend the same to the government.
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