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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Empowering domestic workers -Ujjwal K Chowdhury

Empowering domestic workers -Ujjwal K Chowdhury

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published Published on Aug 2, 2018   modified Modified on Aug 2, 2018
-MillenniumPost.in

Attention must be drawn to the lakhs of domestic helps in India who do not receive any legal protection.

The number of domestic workers in India varies from official estimates of around five million to loosely defined unofficial estimates of 10 million. Between 2000 and 2010, women (young girls included) made up for more than 75 per cent of the new entrants into the domestic workforce. In 2010, more than 68 per cent of all domestic workers were employed in the urban areas of the country having less than 32 per cent of the total population then. Most domestic workers are illiterate or have not crossed their school finals, with no or low skills, and are among the poorest and most exploited. They are dependent on their employers for their survival with no law to regulate their work-life and little access to resources. More than two lakh children below-15 years are employed in roadside dhabas and domestic households.

The Government of India has been contemplating a policy for domestic workers. There is surely a need for a codified law. India has not ratified the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Convention on decent work for domestic workers, though it has been a participant since June 2011. The contention of the Centre is that national laws and practices are not in conformity with the provisions laid down by the global agency and, as such, it has not yet ratified the law. Also, the central government is of the view that domestic work falls under the purview of the state. It is primarily the responsibility of state governments to protect citizens, including domestic workers, from exploitation. However, a comprehensive and uniform Central legislation is the need of the hour.

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MillenniumPost.in, 1 August, 2018, http://www.millenniumpost.in/opinion/empowering-domestic-workers-312304


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