Impact of Population Explosion on the Unorganized Sector: A Study with Reference to Tiruchirappalli City Corporation

Urbanization, liberalization and globalisation have attracted people to live in the cities. High population explosion has encourage the employment opportunities of the people in the private unorganized sector. Government employment opportunities are available only to 2% of the population. All the professional employment opportunities and private organized sector employment opportunities in the formal sector are available only to the educated and certified and income group people. 93 percent of the workforce engages themselves in the unorganized informal sector for their livelihood. The state adds over 1.2 million people to its current population every year. The growth in the population creates scarcity in the employment opportunities, which in turn pulls the population in the unorganized sector. The study focuses on the impact of the population explosion on the people of unorganized sector with reference to Tiruchirappalli District.