MP forms migrant labour commission to provide employment

Madhya Pradesh, on Friday, said it has formed a state migrant labour commission to provide employment to migrant labourers who have returned to the state from all over India during the nationwide lockdown.

"We will make their livelihood in the state so comfortable that they will not have to go outside the state to earn their livelihood," Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said.

The tenure of the commission will be of two years and it will be headed by a chairman nominated by the state government.


The Commission will recommend the state government on measures for the welfare of migrant labourers, creation of employment opportunities and skill development of migrant labourers and their families as well as effective implementation of existing laws for protection of their interest, the state government said in a statement.

"Along with this, the commission will also recommend the governemnt on ways providing of providing benefits of existing social security and welfare schemes to the migrant labourers and their families," it added.

The Commission will have two members nominated by the state government. Under this, all labourers with domicile of Madhya Pradesh but working in other states as labourers and who have returned to Madhya Pradesh on March 01, 2020 or later will be covered and would be eligible for benefits.