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Synopsis The book is an outcome of in-depth study of unorganised sector. Unorganised sector is a vast and significant segment of Indian economy in terms of its economic worth through their economic contribution and the growing number of the workers the sector engages. The problems of unorganised sector workers is becoming more and more popular these days. The book reveals that life of unorganised sector workers is very tough. They have not acquired a high profile, tasted the benefit that can be gained from organisation or derived the advantageous flowing from high visibility. They are exploited in many ways. It can be said that effective protection and welfare for unorganised sector is shade more difficult and complicated. The present book makes a humble attempt to understand what unorganised sector means and to study categories of unorganised sector. An effort has been made how to provide social security and welfare measure for the unorganised sector. An attempt is made here to evaluate the schemes that are in operation in India with a view to suggest certain strategies to enhance the social protection for this sector. The book is a modest presentation of constitutional and legislative framework culminating towards pragmatic strategies. In this book an effort has been made to discuss the attitude of judiciary towards the rights of the workers engaged in unorganised sector. The book will be valuable to the students of all universities, researchers, planners, policy makers and all those who are concerned with the unorganised sector.