With the State Government stressing on the need for cent per cent registration of the labourers to extend pension cover and other welfare schemes to the latter, the State labour department claims to have done registration of 27,776 labourers, including 14,363 in Kumaon division and 13,413 in Garhwal region. More importantly, as the officials concerned said, financial assistance of Rs1.17 crore in terms of tool kits and other welfare schemes has so far been extended to the 2,223 labourers across the State under the labour welfare programme.
As the State labour department is engaged in implementing the pension scheme meant for the labourers, the people concerned can get more details about the aforesaid pension scheme from State labour department officials. An amount of Rs500 per month would be given to senior citizen who has completed 60 years of age as pension under this labour pension scheme, the officials said.
Registration with the State labour department is vital for labourers to avail the pension scheme. Once they get registered with the State labour department, the labourers may also become eligible for availing different other social schemes, the officials added. At the same time, the State Government has also directed the State labour department to ensure cent percent registration of the labourers so that all the labourers could be covered under this pension scheme. Notably, to improve the peasants' financial position, the State Government had also launched a pension scheme for the farmers of the hill State from August 15, 2014.
As the officials concerned said more than 7,000 farmers have so far been covered under the Kisan pension scheme across the State. Besides, some other pension schemes, including those meant for the elderly, the widows and the physically challenged, are going on in the State.