Welcoming Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s newly-launched labour reforms, Chhattisgarh Minister for Manpower Planning Prem Prakash Pandey on Thursday said that lakhs of labourers working in over 37,000 factories of the State will be benefitted under the scheme of allotment of a ‘Unique Identification Number’ (UIN) to each labourer.
Addressing a conference of State labour Ministers at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi, Pandey said that the provision of single online return will facilitate industrial institutions to work more comfort and ease.
He said that portability through universal account number for employee provident fund will ensure that the EPF gets deposited in a single account even if work place changes.
Pandey said that Chhattisgarh has just one Regional Provident Fund Association Office in Raipur and demanded two Sub-regional offices of PF Association in Korba and Raigarh.
He informed the conference that over 38.17 lakh families have been availing medical facilities through smart cards issued by the Chhattisgarh Government under National and Chief Minister Health Insurance Schemes.
Appraising the conference of the efforts made by the State government in providing self-employment and employment to youths, the Minister said that over 2.25 crore youths will receive employment through skill development training by 2022.
Elaborating on the schemes, he said that the State has been running Chief Minister Skill Development Scheme to provide skill development training to its youth.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union labour Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, Union Minister of State for Mining and Steel Vishnudeo Sai, Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan, MSME Minister Kalraj Mishra and Heavy industries Minister Anant Geete were present at the conference.