Govt endeavor to provide employment, wage and social security to every worker: Bandaru Dattatreya

Talking about the last two years of the government in office, the Union Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Bandaru Dattatreya has reiterated that governments’ paramount priority is the welfare of workers and its endeavor is to achieve Employment Security, Wage Security and Social Security to every worker especially the unorganised workers who constitute 93% of our workforce.

Dattatreya said that the Ministry of Labour and Employment have initiated process of reforming the archaic labour laws to create a conducive, cordial and harmonious environment in the country. Towards this Ministry is simplifying the 43 Labour Laws into 4 Labour Codes which aims to amalgamate and rationalize the provisions of these 43 Labour Laws.

The Minister also said that the government is implementing National Career Service (NCS) Project for transforming and strengthening the public employment services in the country with an aim to bring job seekers, employers and training providers on a common platform with efficient use of information technology. National Career Service (NCS) Project aims to address the gaps in the employment market by strategic interventions and partnership with leading institutions and organizations.

On Reforms through Technology, the Minister said a unified Web Portal ‘Shram Suvidha Portal’ was laubnched, to bring transparency and accountability in enforcement of labour laws and ease complexity of compliance. It caters to four major Organizations under the Ministry of Labour, namely Office of Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), Directorate General of Mines Safety, Employees’ Provident Fund Organization; and Employees’ State Insurance Corporation.