CONDITION OF CONSRUCTION WORKERS IN INDIA
The construction industry in India consists of migrant, unskilled men, women and children. The conditions of the workers have many factors pushing it towards a very wretched condition. A few of the main factors are listed below
1. Weak Legislative policies and non enforcement of current policy’s
2. Knowledge and literacy among workers
3. Globalization of the construction industry India
4. Frequency of change in government officials
5. Wages
Weak legislative policies
The current structures of the construction consist of the landowners, the builders, contractors (building, labor, etc). The landowners lease or have a contract with the landowners to construct a structure on the land, the builders further subcontract different parts of the construction to contactors and the labor for different subsections are given to labor contractors to procure the required labor force.
The current labor laws exempts the principal (landowners and the builders) from any liability for wages, living conditions, safety of the labor force. The involvement of unions and human right organizations for the rights of the laborers is nonexistent and so there is no one to enforce the current minimal regulations of safety and living conditions. The workers, due to the migrant nature are completely unaware of their rights since it changes from state to state and this helps the contractors exploit the monetary need of the workers.
There are no unions or boards to check the safety, living standards, insurance for the workers. The accidents at the work sites are not reported and the families in the accidents are kept quite by paying small amounts and considering their current financial situation they are forced to comply.
Knowledge and literacy
The workers move to each work site for the duration of their employment along with their family. The main