New social security Bill boost for workers
States will soon have to mandatorily implement existing schemes for workers in the unorganised sector under the amended provisions of the Unorganised Sector Social Security Bill.
By ET Bureau |
NEW DELHI: States will soon have to mandatorily implement existing schemes for workers in the unorganised sector under the amended provisions of the Unorganised Sector Social Security Bill.
Trade unions have been pushing aggressively for social security schemes to be implemented compulsorily. The Arjun Sen Gupta committee report on the sector and the parliamentary standing committee on labour also recommended making all social welfare schemes compulsory for states.
Clause 3.3 of the bill disallows the government from excluding any of the existing welfare schemes through a notification. "The government can now only rationalise and amend these schemes. This change promises to give permanence to the ongoing schemes," a labour ministry source explained.
Five key modifications have been included in the bill. The labour minister will now chair the National Security Advisory Board, to be constituted under the Act. Earlier, the Central government was authorised to appoint chairperson to this body. The board would now also include three MPs as its members. This takes the number of members up from 31 to 34. The state labour ministers will be in charge of their respective state advisory boards.
Trade unions have been pushing aggressively for social security schemes to be implemented compulsorily. The Arjun Sen Gupta committee report on the sector and the parliamentary standing committee on labour also recommended making all social welfare schemes compulsory for states.
Clause 3.3 of the bill disallows the government from excluding any of the existing welfare schemes through a notification. "The government can now only rationalise and amend these schemes. This change promises to give permanence to the ongoing schemes," a labour ministry source explained.
Five key modifications have been included in the bill. The labour minister will now chair the National Security Advisory Board, to be constituted under the Act. Earlier, the Central government was authorised to appoint chairperson to this body. The board would now also include three MPs as its members. This takes the number of members up from 31 to 34. The state labour ministers will be in charge of their respective state advisory boards.
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