SHRAMEVA JAYATE WHAT’S IN STORE? Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch a slew of labour reform measures on Thursday to ease working conditions for workers and create a conducive environ- ment for business at the Deen Dayal Upadhyay Shrameva Jayate. A look at the likely steps Launch of 5 schemes New inspection scheme Aimed to take away discretionary powers of inspectors ! Inspector to file inspection report within 72 hours ! Inspection divided in three areas: Mandatory, optional and compliance-based ! Inspector to get auto-generated list guiding him where he has to inspect ! At present, 175,000 inspections by 8,000 inspectors take place in a year
Unified labour portal (Shram Suvidha) For ease of compliance for four Central government organisations – Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation, Employees’ State Insurance Corporation, Directorate General of Mines Safety and chief labour commissioner ! Compliance sheet reduced from 80 pages to one sheet ! A common window for online registration of units, reporting of inspections, submission of annual returns and redressal of grievances Universal Account Number (UAN) Facility for EPFO subscribers ! Ease and quick portability of PF funds on switching jobs ! UAN already issued to 41.7 million workers, according to latest EPFO estimates ! 59 banks linked as on September 7
Apprentice Protsahan Yojana Union labour ministry to contribute 50 per cent of stipend cost to train youths during first two years of the training programme ! 282,000 apprentices undergoing training under the on-going government scheme ! Amendments to Apprentices Act already passed in the Lok Sabha
Revamped Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) ! Converge 3 schemes for unorganised sector— Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana, Aam Aadmi Bima Yojana & Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme ! Link these schemes to single smart card
Modi to send SMS to: 10 million EPFO subscribers about UAN programme 650,000 establishments and 1,800 inspectors about new inspection scheme 400,000 ITI trainees calling them ‘Brand Ambassadors’
Who are expected at the event?
! Union Labour Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, Micro, Small, Medium Enterprises (MSME) Minister Kalraj Mishra, Skill Development Minister Sarbananda Sonowal
! 35 state government ministers Compiled by Somesh Jha