The National Commission for Enterprises in the Unorganised Sector has recently drafted the Unorganised Sector Workers' Social Security Bill, 2005 proposing a universal coverage for the unorganised workers, which is a welcome step. There are, however, two problems with the bill. Firstly, it has not paid attention to the heterogeneous character of the unorganised sector. Secondly, by clubbing all sub-sectors of the unorganised sector together, the bill has discouraged the present struggle for social security carried out by trade unions and other organisations of unorganised workers, frequently supported by state governme