Social Security Measures & Welfare State
By Group 9Nilesh Lahoty (2014B3A4656P)Aditya Agarwal (2014B3A 723P)
Article 22, Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Everyone, as a member of society, has the right to social security and is entitled to realization,
through national effort and international co-operation and in accordance with the organization and
resources of each State, of the economic, social and cultural rights indispensable for his dignity and
the free development of his personality.
The State shall make itself responsible for ensuring a minimum
standard of material welfare to all its citizens on a basis wide
enough to cover all the main contingencies of life. In other
sense, social security is primarily an instrument of social and
economic justice.
Welfare State
Social Security
Objectives1. Compensation2. Restoration3. Prevention
Categories1. Social Insurance2. Social Assistance
Traditional Contingencies under social security International Labour Organization (ILO)
1. Medical care2. Sickness benefit3. Unemployment benefit4. Old age benefit5. Employment injury benefit6. Family benefit7. Maternity benefit8. Invalidity benefit9. Survivor’s benefit
Social Security in India: Need
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Source: “India’s Social Security Systems : An Assessment” by Mukul G. Asher & Azad Singh Bali, March 2010.
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Social Security in India: Workers
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India’s Social Protection ChallengeGovernment spending on Social Protection2010-11 (as %GDP)
China Mexico USA GermanyPakistan Indonesia India Singapore
1.68 2.63 2.64 2.83
6.837.72
India’s Social Protection ChallengeSocial Sector Spendingexcluding food subsidy (as %GDP)
2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-162010-11 2011-12
2.49
2.28
1.981.92
1.86
1.68
India’s Social Protection ChallengeLife Insurance Density (2013)Insurance density is measured as ratio of premium (in US $) to total population.
World Germany USA AustraliaPakistan Russia India China
6 19 41110
366
1392
1684
2056
India and the World
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Side-note:Universal Basic Income
Thanks!
Aditya Agrawal Nilesh Lahoty