National Commission for Enterprises in the Unorganised Sector

Chairman
Deputy Chairman

Parent agencyMinistry of Micro, Small and Medium EnterprisesWebsiteNCEUS

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

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