New Delhi, Feb 21 (UNI) The Arjun Sengupta panel has recommended a comprehensive National Minimum Social Security Scheme to bring workers of the unorganised sector under its ambit.

The National Commission for Enterprises in the Unorganised Sector (NCEUS), on whose recommendations a social security Bill will be finalised, has also suggested that the workers without any social security in the organised sector should be eligible to register for the scheme, an official release said today.

The social security benefits include insurance for sickness and maternity, life, accident and old age (in the form of a monthly pension).

The recommendations are in line with the National Common Minimum Programme which states that UPA government is firmly committed to ensuring the welfare of the workers, particularly those in the unorganised sector who constitute 93 per cent of the country's workforce.

The NCEUS was set up in September 2004 under the chairmanship of Dr Arjun K Sengupta as an advisory body and as a watchdog for the unorganised sector.

The Commission has the mandate to examine the problems of the unorganised sector and suggest measures to overcome them.

The term of the Commission, which was initially fixed at one year, had been extended to three years.

UNI