RAS question
The National Commission for Enterprises in the Unorganised Sector (NCEUS) was chaired by:
Correct answer: (A) Arjun Sengupta.
Dr. Arjun Sengupta chaired the National Commission for Enterprises in the Unorganised Sector.
Explanation
The National Commission for Enterprises in the Unorganised Sector is associated with the Arjun Sengupta Committee because the Government appointed Dr. Arjun Sengupta as its Chairman. The PIB release places the NCEUS under the Ministry of Small Scale Industries and describes it as a temporary body set up to advise the Government by examining problems of the unorganised and informal sector and suggesting measures to overcome them. That mandate explains why the commission is remembered in Indian Economy: it highlighted that 77% of Indians lived on less than Rs 20 per day, recommended social security for unorganised workers, and influenced the Unorganised Workers' Social Security Act, 2008.
Why the other options are wrong
- (B) Amartya Sen was not the NCEUS chairman; the cited Government release names Dr. Arjun Sengupta for that role.
- (C) Manmohan Singh was Prime Minister, not the chair of this commission; the chair named in the release is Dr. Arjun Sengupta.
- (D) C. Rangarajan is linked here to a poverty committee, whereas NCEUS chairmanship in the cited release belongs to Dr. Arjun Sengupta.
Concept
This tests the Indian Economy theme of unorganised-sector policy, especially commissions and committees linked to labour welfare and poverty debates. It recurs in RAS because such bodies connect institutional facts with welfare legislation and inclusive-growth questions.