Noting that there are 10 crore labourers in the organised sector and 40 crore in the unorganised sector, Gangwar said the government is making efforts and running programmes to shift the workforce employed in the unorganised sector to organised sector. Employment generation coupled with improving employability is the priority of the government, he said in a written reply to a starred question.
The government has taken various steps for generating employment in the country, the minister said.
The measures include encouraging various projects involving substantial investment and increasing public expenditure on schemes like Prime Minister s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP), Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), Pt Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY), Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM) and Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY).
Maharashtra has reported 17 ‘accidental’ deaths, Minister tells Rajya Sabha
The government informed the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday that data on the number of deaths of migrant workers after the announcement of lockdown in March 2020 were still being collected from States, but Maharashtra had reported 17 “accidental” deaths.
In response to a question by Shiv Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi and Congress MP Phulo Devi Netam, Labour and Employment Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar said in a written reply: “As per information received from the States/Union Territories, no loss of lives of migrant workers are reported from Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Delhi, Meghalaya, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Kerala, Nagaland, Manipur and Andaman and Nicobar Islands except 17 accidental deaths in Maharashtra. Information from the remaining States/Union Territories is being collected and will be laid on the table of the House.”
Necessary action is taken in each such case, says Minister
The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has faced ₹1,163.14 crore defaults in its investments, the Labour and Employment Ministry informed the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.
To a question by CPI MP Elamaram Kareem, Labour and Employment Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar said the EPFO had made “investments in various bonds and other instruments following the pattern of investments notified by the government of India that have so far been beneficial to it”.
However, he said the securities belonging to the Dewan Housing Finance Corporation Ltd (₹760.69 crore), Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services Limited (₹106.23 crore), Reliance Capital Limited (₹292.64 crore), Punjab State Industrial Development Corporation Ltd (₹2.98 crore) and Punjab Financial Corporation (₹60 lakh) “have resulted in default of certain principal amounts and interest due”.
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