Prelims 2021 • Paper 1 (GS) • Q.2

Prelims • Paper 1 (GS) • 2021 • Q.2

Social Justice

With reference to casual workers employed in India, consider the following statements :

All casual workers are entitled for Employees Provident Fund coverage.

All casual workers are entitled for regular working hours and overtime payment.

The government can by a notification specify that an establishment or industry shall pay wages only through its bank account.

2021 Prelims • Paper 1 (GS)

Q.1 Q.3

Syllabus Connection

Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections of the population by the Centre and States and the performance of these schemes; mechanisms, laws, institutions and Bodies constituted for the protection and betterment of these vulnerable sections. (GS-II)

NCERT Connection

Ch.2: Sectors of the Indian Economy

Economics • Class 10 • Class 10 Understanding Economic Development

Ch.7: Employment: Growth, Informalisation and Other Issues

Economics • Class 11 • Class 11 Indian Economic Development

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