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The term '''unorganised sector''' when used in the [[India]]n contexts defined by [[National Commission for Enterprises in the Unorganised Sector]], in their Report on Conditions of Work and Promotion of Livelihoods in the Unorganised Sector as "''... consisting of all unincorporated private enterprises owned by individuals or households engaged in the sale or production of goods and services operated on a proprietary or partnership basis and with less than ten total workers."''<ref name="Report On Conditions Of Work And Promotion Of Livelihoods In The Unorganised Sector">{{cite book|title=Report On Conditions Of Work And Promotion Of Livelihoods In The Unorganised Sector|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KiL-6fmKPfQC&pg=PA1774|accessdate=26 March 2013|date=1 January 2008|publisher=Academic Foundation|isbn=978-81-7188-678-4|page=1774}}</ref>

Amongst the characteristic features of this sector are ease of entry, smaller scale of operation, local ownership, uncertain legal status, labour-intensive and operating using lower technology based methods, flexible pricing, less sophisticated packing, absence of a brand name, unavailability of good storage facilities and an effective distribution network, inadequate access to government schemes, finance and government aid, lower entry barriers for employees, a higher proportion of migrants with a lower rate of compensation.<ref name="Raju1989">{{cite book|author=Rapaka Satya Raju|title=Urban Unorganised Sector in India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K7fDs9fV3TsC&pg=PA11|accessdate=26 March 2013|year=1989|publisher=Mittal Publications|pages=11–17|id=GGKEY:J0UK90X1FYN}}</ref> Employees of enterprises belonging to the unorganised sector have lower job security and poorer chances of growth, and no leave or paid holidays, they have lower protection against employers indulging in unfair or illegal practices.<ref name="Gupta2009">{{cite book|author=Kulwant Rai Gupta|title=Economics of Development and taPlanning|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dTvhwRGxauYC&pg=PA746|accessdate=26 March 2013|date=1 January 2009|publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Dist|isbn=978-81-269-1011-3|page=746}}</ref>

A NCEUS report estimates that in 2005 out of the 458 million persons employed in India, 95 percent or 435 million worked in the unorganised sector,<ref name="Datt2008">{{cite book|author=Ruddar Datt|title=Growth, Poverty, and Equity: Story of India's Economic Development|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ikPbFNGnGzEC&pg=PA134|accessdate=26 March 2013|date=1 January 2008|publisher=Deep & Deep|isbn=978-81-8450-088-2|page=134}}</ref> generating 50.6 percent of the country's [[Gross Domestic Product]].<ref name="Sobhan2010">{{cite book|author=Rehman Sobhan|title=Challenging the Injustice of Poverty: Agendas for Inclusive Development in South Asia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m5xZgzjOUsMC&pg=PA131|accessdate=26 March 2013|date=4 October 2010|publisher=SAGE Publications|isbn=978-81-321-0468-1|page=131}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Unorganised Workers' Identification Number]]

==References==
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