labour, Backward Classes and Welfare Minister Antar Singh Arya said here on Sunday the Government took several steps for the benefit of the labourers in the State.
“As many as three important labour Acts were amended during the just concluded Winter Session of the Assembly while a proposal was sent to the President for the simplifcation in the 17 provisions in the Central labour Act,” the Minister told mediapersons while presenting the report card of one year’s achievements.
Arya said the Government also took another important decision by increasing the retirement age of labourers from 58 to 60 years. After reviewing the Minimum Wage Act, the minimum wages have been increased to 60 per cent and also included them in the “high skilled class.” The wages of bidi labourers had also increased from Rs78 to Rs92. He claimed there was no industrial tension in the State and his department had resolved 752 industrial dispute. Due to effective inspection, the rate of accidents in the factories had come down to 0.62 per thousand from 1.05 in the past two years,” he added.The Madhya Pradesh ministers are presenting their report cards before the people of the state on instructions of chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on completion of first year of the third term of BJP Government in the State.