Gowri, U2017-02-212017-02-212016https://ir.avinuty.ac.in/handle/avu/1636The existence o f unorganised labour employment is the major characteristic o f Indian Economy. It is marked as a residual sector due to low leivl ofproduction, less remunerated employments, informal and low level o f work organisation and technology. This sector is not covered ly any o f the legal provisions as most o f the unorganised sector enterprises are unregistered. More than 90% o f India’s women workforce is employed in unorganised sector and th y contribute 50% o f the nation’s GDP. In Construction Industry, which is the second largest and fa st growing sector in India, women constitute more than half o f its labourforce. Though India had a long tradition o f social insurance and assistance fo r the vulnerable sections o f the society, it had failed to cover the growing security needs o f the unorganised workers especially women worken. This paper unfolds the plethora o f women workers in construction industry, the problems faced by them and their awareness about the sodal security measures. It makes a note on the various state and central government security schemes available fo r construction workers. This paper attempts to raise the major issues o f systemic failure and exploitation o f women construction workers and role o f social workers in extending the social security coverage to unorganityed sectors.