National Commission for Enterprises in the Unorganised Sector

National Commission for Enterprises in the Unorganised Sector

Agency overview
Agency executive	Chairman Deputy Chairman
Parent agency	Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
Website	NCEUS

The National Commission for Enterprises in the Unorganised Sector (NCEUS) is a national body commissioned by the Indian government to address the issues faced by enterprises in relation to the unorganised sector^[1]

Background

The Commission was established in 2004 under the chairmanship of Dr. Arjun Sengupta to act as an advisory board for matters regarding the informal employment sector.^[2] In India, the informal sector of the economy represents 80.8% of the total workforce (according to PFLS 2017-18 report).^[3][4]

In 2006 to solve the problem of unorganized sector, Labour Ministry of India has found a commission which is known as Arjun Sengupta Commission and making its recommendation as a basis a National Commission for Enterprise Unorganized Sector was constituted.

References

1. "National Commission for Enterprises in the Unorganised Sector, Chapter VIII" (PDF). MSME. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
2. Report on Conditions of Work and Promotion of Livelihoods in the Unorganised Sector. Academic Foundation, NCEUS. 2008.
3. "ECONOMIC SURVEY" (PDF).
4. Breman, Jan (2010). The Great Transformation in the Setting of Asia. Oxford University Press. p. 22.