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Most of these workers have migrated from make profits. Business is a risky deal and it
rural areas (villages) in search of earning takes courage and creativity to run a suc-
more money, but alas, the city life engulfs cessful one!
them. It is their basic right to earn a living 3. Factory Workers : Another one of the
and thus, the government has started with urban livelihoods in India is that of a factory
many schemes to ensure their protection. worker. These people are not formally

2. Self-Employed Businessmen : What do employed and thus, fall in the unorganised
you think of shopkeepers of medicine shops, sector. Besides, they work as and when their
clothes shop or a cafe? These people are employer wants them to and earns a very
businessmen who have started their own small income for their work. Some examples
enterprises. Some businessmen are worth are sewers in clothes factories or labourers
billions like the owners of multinational used for lifting heavy packages. These
companies or some are small enterprise people are hired and paid on an hourly
owners like the owner of a sweet shop. basis and it is not enough for them to
subsist on generally.
4. Workers in Organised Sector : A major-
ity of urban livelihoods in India fall under
this category of workers. Examples of this is
a marketing manager of a company, a civil
engineer working on bridges or a doctor
working in a hospital. They earn the highest
‘salary’ in the city per month, but they don’t
earn ‘hourly wages’ like labourers.
These workers have several benefits, unlike
street workers or factory labourers. These
Some businessmen fall into the category of benefits are like having a company’s retire-
organised sector, where their accounts and ment plan, a company’s medical insurance,
businesses are recorded. However, small having paid leaves.
businessmen are self-employed in the Thus, we see what type of jobs are there in
unorganised sector too. They invest some cities, ranging from self-employing work on
money into starting on their own and slowly the streets, to working in big companies and

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