# About this platform | ಈ ವೇದಿಕೆಯ ಬಗ್ಗೆ



# Purpose | ಉದ್ದೇಶ

The purpose of this platform is <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 106%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">*to document and analyze the various reasons why schemes and entitlements fail to provide the necessary social security to migrant workers*. </span>

<table border="1" id="bkmrk-in-other-words%2C%C2%A0why-" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;"><colgroup><col style="width: 99.8765%;"></col></colgroup><tbody><tr><td><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 106%; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">In other words, *why there is a difference between what the migrant workers are entitled to on paper and what they end up receiving.* </span>

<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 106%; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(53, 152, 219);">ಬೇರೆ ರೀತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಹೇಳುವುದಾದರೆ, ವಲಸೆ ಕಾರ್ಮಿಕರಿಗೆ ಕಾಗದದ ಮೇಲೆ ಅರ್ಹತೆ ಮತ್ತು ಅವರು ಸ್ವೀಕರಿಸುವ ಅಂತ್ಯದ ನಡುವೆ ಏಕೆ ವ್ಯತ್ಯಾಸವಿದೆ?</span>

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<table border="1" id="bkmrk-this-project-views-t" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;"><colgroup><col style="width: 99.8765%;"></col></colgroup><tbody><tr><td>This project views this problem of social security entitlements not achieving their desired end-goals using the lens of a migrant working in the informal sector.

<span style="color: rgb(53, 152, 219);">ಅನೌಪಚಾರಿಕ ವಲಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಕೆಲಸ ಮಾಡುವ ವಲಸಿಗರ ಮಸೂರವನ್ನು ಬಳಸಿಕೊಂಡು ಸಾಮಾಜಿಕ ಭದ್ರತೆಯ ಅರ್ಹತೆಗಳು ತಮ್ಮ ಅಪೇಕ್ಷಿತ ಅಂತಿಮ ಗುರಿಗಳನ್ನು ಸಾಧಿಸದಿರುವ ಈ ಸಮಸ್ಯೆಯನ್ನು ಈ ಯೋಜನೆಯು ವೀಕ್ಷಿಸುತ್ತದೆ.</span>

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<details id="bkmrk-this-platform-is-mad"><summary>This platform is made with the following objectives in mind</summary>

- <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 106%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">Serve as a comprehensive repository of information and resources related to social security schemes and migrant informal sector workers. </span>
- Accessible to various stakeholders, including researchers, policymakers, and the public.
- Empower field staff at Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), equipping them with valuable insights into the challenges faced by specific segments of migrant workers. 
    - CSOs can use this as a first point of reference for what workers need, what is required for them to avail various schemes, why is it that workers don't get what is due to them and what do field workers across different organisations do to make things happen.
- <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 106%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">Enable sharing best practices among partner organizations involved in different sectors, fostering collaboration and knowledge exchange to enhance collective efforts in supporting migrant workers' access to social security schemes across the country such as construction, domestic work, waste picking, and more. </span>
- <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 106%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">Accessible to various stakeholders, including researchers, policymakers, and the public.</span>

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# Collaborators | ಸಹಯೋಗಿಗಳು

<table border="1" id="bkmrk-collaborators-advoca" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; height: 1008.98px;"><colgroup><col style="width: 18.7886%;"></col><col style="width: 21.6316%;"></col><col style="width: 59.5797%;"></col></colgroup><tbody><tr><td class="align-left" style="height: 58.8594px;">Centre for Advocacy and Research (CFAR)</td><td class="align-left" style="height: 58.8594px;">[![cfar.jpg](https://schemesandentitlements.org/public/uploads/images/gallery/2023-10/scaled-1680-/cfar.jpg)](https://schemesandentitlements.org/public/uploads/images/gallery/2023-10/cfar.jpg)</td><td class="align-left" style="height: 58.8594px;">Construction and domestic workers | ನಿರ್ಮಾಣ ಮತ್ತು ಮನೆ ಕೆಲಸಗಾರರು

</td></tr><tr><td>Munnade</td><td>[![OIP.jpeg](https://schemesandentitlements.org/public/uploads/images/gallery/2024-10/scaled-1680-/oip.jpeg)](https://schemesandentitlements.org/public/uploads/images/gallery/2024-10/oip.jpeg)</td><td>Garment industry workers | ಗಾರ್ಮೆಂಟ್ ಉದ್ಯಮದ ಕಾರ್ಮಿಕರು

</td></tr><tr><td class="align-left" style="height: 99.9844px;">CIVIDEP India

</td><td class="align-left" style="height: 99.9844px;">[![cividep.png](https://schemesandentitlements.org/public/uploads/images/gallery/2023-10/scaled-1680-/Y3fn3JjCrNU0blZs-cividep.png)](https://schemesandentitlements.org/public/uploads/images/gallery/2023-10/Y3fn3JjCrNU0blZs-cividep.png)</td><td class="align-left" style="height: 99.9844px;">Garment industry workers | ಗಾರ್ಮೆಂಟ್ ಉದ್ಯಮದ ಕಾರ್ಮಿಕರು

</td></tr><tr><td class="align-left" style="height: 80.1875px;">FEDINA

</td><td class="align-left" style="height: 80.1875px;">[![cropped-FEDINA-Logo-1-.png](https://schemesandentitlements.org/public/uploads/images/gallery/2023-10/scaled-1680-/cropped-fedina-logo-1.png)](https://schemesandentitlements.org/public/uploads/images/gallery/2023-10/cropped-fedina-logo-1.png)</td><td class="align-left" style="height: 80.1875px;">Several occupations in informal sector work | ಅನೌಪಚಾರಿಕ ವಲಯದ ಕೆಲಸದಲ್ಲಿ ಹಲವಾರು ಉದ್ಯೋಗಗಳು

</td></tr><tr><td class="align-left" style="height: 205.375px;">Hasiru Dala

</td><td class="align-left" style="height: 205.375px;">[![hasiru dala.png](https://schemesandentitlements.org/public/uploads/images/gallery/2023-10/scaled-1680-/hasiru-dala.png)](https://schemesandentitlements.org/public/uploads/images/gallery/2023-10/hasiru-dala.png)</td><td class="align-left" style="height: 205.375px;">Waste pickers | ತ್ಯಾಜ್ಯ ಆರಿಸುವವರು

</td></tr><tr style="height: 115.391px;"><td class="align-left" style="height: 95.6562px;">Jan Sahas

</td><td class="align-left" style="height: 95.6562px;">[![Jan-Sahas.png](https://schemesandentitlements.org/public/uploads/images/gallery/2023-10/scaled-1680-/jan-sahas.png)](https://schemesandentitlements.org/public/uploads/images/gallery/2023-10/jan-sahas.png)</td><td class="align-left" style="height: 95.6562px;">Construction and domestic workers | ನಿರ್ಮಾಣ ಮತ್ತು ಮನೆ ಕೆಲಸಗಾರರು

</td></tr><tr style="height: 99.9844px;"><td class="align-left" style="height: 115.391px;">Mitr-Sanketa

</td><td class="align-left" style="height: 115.391px;">[![mitr sanketa.png](https://schemesandentitlements.org/public/uploads/images/gallery/2023-10/scaled-1680-/mitr-sanketa.png)](https://schemesandentitlements.org/public/uploads/images/gallery/2023-10/mitr-sanketa.png)</td><td class="align-left" style="height: 115.391px;">Domestic workers | ಮನೆ ಕೆಲಸಗಾರರು

</td></tr><tr style="height: 205.375px;"><td class="align-left" style="height: 177.484px;">Sampark

</td><td class="align-left" style="height: 177.484px;">[![sampark.png](https://schemesandentitlements.org/public/uploads/images/gallery/2023-10/scaled-1680-/sampark.png)](https://schemesandentitlements.org/public/uploads/images/gallery/2023-10/sampark.png)</td><td class="align-left" style="height: 177.484px;">Construction workers | ನಿರ್ಮಾಣ ಕಾರ್ಮಿಕರು

</td></tr><tr><td>Centre for Development (CfD)

</td><td>[![download (2).jpeg](https://schemesandentitlements.org/public/uploads/images/gallery/2024-10/scaled-1680-/download-2.jpeg)](https://schemesandentitlements.org/public/uploads/images/gallery/2024-10/download-2.jpeg)</td><td>Street vendors | ಬೀದಿ ವ್ಯಾಪಾರಿಗಳು

</td></tr><tr><td>National Association of Street Vendors of India (NASVI)

</td><td>[![download.png](https://schemesandentitlements.org/public/uploads/images/gallery/2024-10/scaled-1680-/download.png)](https://schemesandentitlements.org/public/uploads/images/gallery/2024-10/download.png)</td><td>Street vendors | ಬೀದಿ ವ್ಯಾಪಾರಿಗಳು

</td></tr><tr style="height: 146.25px;"><td class="align-left" style="height: 146.25px;">Sangama

</td><td class="align-left" style="height: 146.25px;">[![sangama.png](https://schemesandentitlements.org/public/uploads/images/gallery/2023-10/scaled-1680-/sangama.png)](https://schemesandentitlements.org/public/uploads/images/gallery/2023-10/sangama.png)</td><td class="align-left" style="height: 146.25px;">Migrants and sexual minorities | ವಲಸಿಗರು ಮತ್ತು ಲೈಂಗಿಕ ಅಲ್ಪಸಂಖ್ಯಾತರು

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# Informal sector occupations covered | ಅನೌಪಚಾರಿಕ ವಲಯದ ಉದ್ಯೋಗಗಳನ್ನು ಒಳಗೊಂಡಿದೆ

The main informal sector occupations considered for this project are as follows.

<table border="1" id="bkmrk-construction-workers" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;"><colgroup><col style="width: 99.8765%;"></col></colgroup><tbody><tr><td>- Construction workers | <span style="color: rgb(53, 152, 219);">ನಿರ್ಮಾಣ ಕಾರ್ಮಿಕರು</span> : welfare schemes for construction workers are covered by state specific welfare boards.

- Other informal sector workers such as domestic workers <span style="color: rgb(53, 152, 219);">(ಮನೆ ಕೆಲಸಗಾರರು)</span>, street vendors <span style="color: rgb(53, 152, 219);">(ಬೀದಿ ವ್ಯಾಪಾರಿಗಳು)</span> and waste pickers <span style="color: rgb(53, 152, 219);">(ತ್ಯಾಜ್ಯ ಆರಿಸುವವರು)</span> usually do not have any occupation specific welfare schemes and are covered under the schemes applicable to the general population based on income and/or caste criteria.

- Garment sector workers <span style="color: rgb(53, 152, 219);">(ಗಾರ್ಮೆಂಟ್ ವಲಯದ ಕಾರ್ಮಿಕರು)</span>: lots of regulations in place yet highly prone to worker rights' violations and poor working conditions.

- Auto sector workers <span style="color: rgb(53, 152, 219);">(ಆಟೋ ವಲಯದ ಕಾರ್ಮಿಕರು)</span>: lots of regulations in place but prone to occupational injuries.

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<p class="callout info">The choice of these occupations is a reflection of overall employment in these occupations and the communities our CSO partners work with.</p>