2. Definitions .-In this Act, unless the contex t otherwise requires, -
(a)“employer ” means a person or an association of persons, who has engaged or employed an
unorganised worker either directly or otherwise for remuneration; (b)“home -based worker ” means a person engaged in the production of goods or services for an
employer in his or her home or other premises of his or her choice other than the workplace of the
employer, for remuneration, irrespective of whether or not the employer provides the equipment,
materials or other inputs; (c)“identity card ” means a card, document or certificate issued to an unorganised worker by the
District Administration under sub -section ( 3) of section 10; (d)“National Board ” means the National Social Security Board for unorganised workers
constituted under sub -section ( 1) of section 5; (e)“notification ” means a notification published in the Official Gazette; (f)“organised sector'' means a n enterprise which is not an unorganised sector; (g)“prescribed ” means prescribed by rules made under this Act by the Central Government or the
State Government, as the case may be; (h)“registered worker ” means an unorganised work er registered under sub -section (3) of section
10; (i)“Schedule ” means the Schedule annexed to the Act; (j)“State Board ” means the (name of the State) State Social Security Board for unorganised
workers constituted under sub -section ( 1) of section 6; (k)“self-employed worker ” means any person who is not employed by an employer, but engages
himself or herself in any occupation in the unorganised sector subject to a monthly earning of an
amount as may be notified by the Central Government or the State Gov ernment from time to time or
holds cultivable land subject to such ceiling as may be notified by the State Government;