Railways ensures 100% minimum wage payment to contract workers
In a move aimed to benefit daily wager earners, the Indian Railways on Thursday said that it has ensured 100 per cent compliance of payment of minimum wages to contract workers through its e-application.
| 13 March 2021 6:00 AM GMT
NEW DELHI: In a move aimed to benefit daily wager earners, the Indian Railways on Thursday said that it has ensured 100 per cent compliance of payment of minimum wages to contract workers through its e-application.
The Railway Ministry, in a statement, said that Rs 3,49,590 lakh of wages and about 6 crores man-days were registered on Indian Railway Shramik Kalyan e-application as on Tuesday.
Indian Railway Shramik Kalyan e-application was developed and launched on October 1, 2018.
The Railway Ministry, said that Rs 3,49,590 lakh of wages were registered on its e-application.
About 6 crores man-days were registered on Indian Railway Shramik Kalyan e-application.
New Delhi: In a move aimed to benefit daily wage earners, the Indian Railways on Thursday (March 11) said that it has ensured 100 percent compliance of payment of minimum wages to contract workers through its e-application.
The Railway Ministry, in a statement, said that Rs 3,49,590 lakh of wages and about 6 crores man-days were registered on Indian Railway Shramik Kalyan e-application as on Tuesday (March 9).
It said that a total of 15,812 contractors and 3,81,831 contract workers also registered on this portal till Tuesday .
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Railways ensures 100 pc compliance of payment of minimum wages to contract workers through Shramik Kalyan Portal ANI | Updated: Mar 11, 2021 15:20 IST
Rs 3,49,590 lakh of wage amount and about 6 crores man-days were registered on Indian Railway Shramik Kalyan e-application as on Tuesday, it said.
A total of 15,812 contractors and 3,81,831 contract workers also registered on this portal till Tuesday.
Indian Railway Shramik Kalyan e-application has been developed and launched on October 1 2018. E-Application ensures the compliance of provisions of the Minimum Wages Act and also ensures that contractual workers working in Indian Railways get their rightful due by enforcing the contractors to regularly upload wage payment data into e-application. This helps Railways as Principal Employer, to keep vigil over wages disbursed by contractors to contract workers, read the release.
March 11, 2021
× Indian Railways’ Shramik Kalyan e-application, which was developed and launched on October 1, 2018, has seen registration by 15,812 contractors and 3,81,831 contract workers so far, an official release said on Thursday.
The e-application ensures compliance with the provisions of the Minimum Wages Act and also ensures that contractual workers of Indian Railways get their rightful due.
The contractors are required to regularly upload wage payment data onto the e-application. This helps Railways, as the principal employer, to keep an eye over wages disbursed by contractors to contract workers, it added.
Over ₹3,495 crore has been disbursed as wages and about six crore man-days have been registered on the portal across Indian Railways. All public sector units working under the Ministry of Railways are also using this e-application, said the release.
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