Reimagining Urban Employment Programmes D

It is Rajasthan has taken a welcome step in are characterised by the high infl ux of worth remembering that one can be- this direction by making the repair and inter- and intra-state migration, which come an “ordinarily resident” for the maintenance of public housing built under makes them particularly vulnerable to purpose of the National Population Reg- the state and central housing schemes a ec. [...] As seen in within UEPs aim for what the National in Kerala offers a template with a com- the survey of domestic workers in Jaipur Com mission for Enterprises in the prehensive range of worker benefi ts, in- (Chowdhury et al 2020), only a third of Unorganised Sector (NCEUS) described cluding pensions and medical insur- the workers possessed local identifi - as a combination of income and social anc. [...] The fi rst way to do this is to and the requisite skills associated with The challenges of state capacity in deliv- piggyback on previous state efforts to the work. [...] An example of how partnerships with Setting Wages for UEPs Second is the provisioning of non-wage NSAs can support effective implementa- The prevalent thinking on UEPs (derived benefi ts in the form of work-related social tion is in the identifi cation and registra- from the MGNREGA) is to consider these protection entitlements such as health tion of workers, a key part of the UEP programmes as pr. [...] The Jan Aadhaar provides recognition of ad- NSAs such as unions, cooperatives, In this article, we have advocated for a dress and can be used for various government and CBOs have membership data and broader and more inclusive approach to cash and non-cash benefi ts.