Thousands of labourers from the unorganized sector involved in housing construction activities will now get online registration facility for availing benefits of various Government schemes in Chhattisgarh.A labourer will no longer need to go to the office of the District labour Officer and can get his name registered online from any cyber cafe in the State.
State labour Minister Amar Agrawal has launched this facility here at the New Circuit House on the occasion of International labour Day (May Day) on Thursday.Addressing the function, Agrawal appealed to the labourers to take benefit of this facility. He also gave away certificates to the labourers who have been imparted training under the ‘Mukhyamantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana.’
The minister instructed the officers to give wide publicity to the online registration facility, so that more labourers could avail its benefits.The Minister also extended May Day wishes to the labourers.Agrawal said that labourers have important contribution in the construction and development activities of any country or State.Many rules and Acts have been created at the Central and State level for the protection of the interests and rights of the labourers. Strict action would be taken against the violators of the rules and Acts related to the interests of the labourers, the Minister said.
He said that sewing machines have been distributed to a large number of woman workers after imparting stitching training to them.Agrawal said that the Government has been making efforts to create permanent employment resources to these trained women workers through establishing self-help groups. It has also been decided to give the school uniform stitching work to these SHGs, he added. Principal Secretary,labour Department MK Raut said that with the online registration, transparency could be maintained in giving benefits of various schemes launched for the welfare of the labourers.
He said that the labourers going out of State would also get the benefits of the online registration through registered contractors.Former Chairman of Bhawan Evam Sannirman Karmakar Kalyan Mandal Mohan Anty, former Chairman of labour Welfare Board AN Tiwari, former Vice-president Pramod Bhatt, labour Secretary Dr Jiten Kumar and large number of labourers were present on the occasion.