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In India, over 400 million people work in the informal sector which is roughly 75% of India’s working labour force. While the sector has been accused of not paying taxes and flouting labour laws it still contributes a lot to India’s GDP. Furthermore, with today’s fast paced world, the informal sector has acted as an anchor to India’s urbanites. Imagine a modern day mother in Bangalore; she has the ideal 2.5 kids, a big job in an MNC, an apartment in a gated community, a nice car and to cap it off, a husband who works as a manager in a software firm. To pull off her different hats, she will often need to hire assistance in form of an aayah to tend to the kids while she is at work, a maid cum cook to keep the house squeaky clean and make family meals and lastly a driver to shuttle her kids to school. Without these hires, she may have to sacrifice her career aspirations. With many BPO jobs based in Bangalore, you will find a lot of bachelors migrating to the city suburbs with their newly minted software degrees. While living without mum may mean losing a few luxuries, a bachelor does not have to spend a lot of money to keep his den clean. He can easily hire a part time maid to clean his house for a meagre amount of Rs 2000 pm. While the pay may seem little, a part time maid may work in more than three households and accumulatively earn a decent pay making it a win-win situation for everyone. If you go to a fancy wedding, you a likely to see beautiful silk saris worn by the bridal party .What you may not know is behind that sari lies a husband and wife team working in kanchipuram where they laboriously weave thread by thread of silk to come up with that intricate pattern . The sari is then delivered to a retail store which in turn relies on a savvy sales person to sell it to the potential customer. Besides providing employment, the Informal sector also gives hope to marginalized communities that may not have had access to tertiary education. When Flipkart looks to hire delivery boys they do not ask for a bachelors degree but rather a 12th Standard graduate with great communication skills and a two wheeler. This also means that an average 12th standard graduate has the potential to significantly contribute to the burgeoning e-commerce ecosystem. In conclusion, wherever you look, you will see that you rely heavily on the informal sector to smoothly run your day to day life; the cashier at your local store, your fruit seller and even the safety of you home relies on your security guard. As such, you should learn to treat these people well by providing fare wages and giving them due respect. After all you need them as much as they need you. Babajob.com is India’s largest job portal for the informal sector. We are dedicated to bringing better employment job opportunities to the informal job sector by appropriately connecting the right employers and job seekers via the web, mobile apps, SMS, the mobile web and voice services. Looking for sales jobs in Bangalore? Babajob helps you reach out to relevant employers/recruiters and get jobs best suited for your profile. For more details, login to http://www.babajob.com/ Find them on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/babajob and Twitter at https://twitter.com/babajob
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