Social Security

Social Security

CEC has been active on the question of social security for the past two decades. It was one of the founding members of Social Security Now (SSN) in 2006 – a network of more than 500 organisations and individuals that advocates universal provisioning of social security for all the people living and working in India.  

CEC played a pivotal role in organizing discussions and Consultations on the Unorganised Workers Social Security Act, 2008 at SSN and proposed extensive amendments to the Act, to overcome the deficiencies in the Act and to make it relevant and meaningful to about 40 crore unorganised workers in India.

In the wake of the recently proposed Labour Codes, especially the Labour Code on Social Security, CEC brought together the diverse stakeholders of Social Security Now network, including trade unions, feminist groups, Dalit rights groups and others and organised a National Consultation in November 2019 in Delhi. The event saw extensive discussions on the question of universal social security, given the changing global political economy, employer-employee relationships and social challenges. The program also discussed in detail the various recent proposals such as cash transfer, universal basic income, Nyay and others, to provide social security to the working people of the country.

You can read the report of the National Consultation here: https://www.cec-india.org/cec-library-resource.php?opt=libresouce&id=71&rid=5

CEC believes that in the wake of the extraordinary socio-economic crisis brought by Covid19, the need for universal security has become urgent more than ever. CEC is continuously engaged in awareness building programs and advocacies to ensure universal social security coverage for all.

Read here a petition sent to the Government of India by CEC and the constituent organisations of SSN, demanding immediate cash transfer to all, in the wake of the migrant crisis in the time of Covid19.  https://www.cec-india.org/cec-library-resource.php?opt=libresouce&id=20&rid=22