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During the 1970s and 1980s, various welfare boards were established in the state's labor sector. However, workers' in the unorganized sector, including tailors, did not have any welfare schemes. In this context, the Kerala Artisans and Skilled Workers' (Death cum Retirement) Scheme was introduced by a government order on November 1, 1985, with retrospective effect from October 1906. This scheme was initially designed for tailors but was later extended to include other skilled manual laborers such as laundry workers', barbers, tree climbers, carpenters, goldsmiths, and blacksmiths, among others.