Abstract :
About 92% of India's labour force is employed in the informal sector. Nowadays, its proportion is
growing steadily, rapidly and significantly, particularly in urban areas. The informal workers are
mainly found in markets, streets, homes, factories, sweet shops or in the fields and the majority of them
are poorly educated, economically backward and live in unhygienic conditions. Basically, the slum
dwellers and the vulnerable poor contribute to the highest share of the labour force in the informal
sector. This paper examines the theoretical construct of the urban informal sector and its impact on the
socio-economic condition as well as the quality of life of the households in three selected Wards of
Kolkata Municipal Corporation.
Keyword :
Informal Economy Urban Informal Worker Living Status Index of Household Economic Status Problems of Informal Workers