Social Security of unorganized sector workers is the topmost priority: Shri Santosh Gangwar

 

Unorganized sector workers

Social Security of unorganized sector workers is the topmost priority: Shri Santosh Gangwar

Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Shri Nitin Gadkari today called for innovative ways to work for the welfare of the workers. Presiding over the International Labour Day Programme today, Shri Gadkari said there is a need to link the workers to Aayushman Bharat and Pradhan Mantri Aawas Yojna to provide them better health and housing facilities. Minister for Labour & Employment (I/C), Shri Santosh Gangwar expressed his commitment to Social Security of the Unorganized Sector Workers.  Greeting workers on the occasion, he said the workers are the topmost priority of our Ministry and Central Government.
Shri Gadkari inaugurated a number of new initiatives by EPFO and Central Labour Commissioner (CLC) at the programme organized by Ministry of Labour & Employment and gave awards to model employers of ESIC and EPFO.
These include the Concurrent Audit Software launched by EPFO which will allow an instantaneous real-time audit of the transactions taking place in its centralized database system including the process of remittances, receipts, and settlements of claims, payments of pension, transfer of PF accumulations.
Redevelopment project of Bhavishya Nidhi Bhawan, Malviya Nagar, New Delhi was also inaugurated today. The redevelopment project is being undertaken at an approximate cost of INR .60.47 crore with an expected time frame of 22 months.
On the occasion of International Labour Day, Metlife Global Operations Support Centre and IDFC Bank Limited were felicitated as model employers in the exempted sector. Gujarat State Fertilizers Co. Ltd. was felicitated in the un-exempted sector.
The two employers from the Un-exempted sector are those who have more than 5000 employees and have made timely payment of Provident Fund dues in the previous 12 months and have an outstanding contribution in providing ‘Aadhaar’ verified employee details.
The establishment identified from the exempted sector is on the basis of their ranking in the online return dashboard for exempted establishments under the EPFO. The establishment identified has secured maximum score in 7 months since the introduction of the online ranking system in July 2017.
Source: Devdiscourse

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