Absence of Credible Data on Migrant Workers Impacted Efficacy of Programmes During Pandemic: Parl Panel
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A Parliamentary panel on Thursday observed that absence of credible data on migrant workers, guidelines to provide relief and social audit of government initiatives affected efficacy of various programmes during the pandemic. The panel lauded the announcement of creating a portal for mapping unorganised sector workers in the Union Budget 2020-2021.
A credible database of unorganised workers especially that of migrant labourers be put in place with a sense of urgency so as to ensure seamless delivery of relief packages to them at the time of distress, it said. A number of appreciable initiatives have been launched by the government, which are aimed at benefitting the migrant labour… neither any guidelines were issued nor enforced for distribution of relief material to stranded migrant labourers, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Labour said in a report on
Standing Committee on Labour holds meeting with textile industry
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Industry seeks efforts to boost production of man-made fibre textiles in the country
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Industry seeks efforts to boost production of man-made fibre textiles in the country
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Labour held a meeting with the heads of the textile industry associations on Tuesday at Tiruppur. The industry sought efforts to boost production of man-made fibre (MMF) textiles in the country.
According to a press release from the National Committee on Textiles and Clothing (NCTC), the committee headed by Bhartruhari Mahtab visited some of the industries in Coimbatore and Tiruppur too.
JS body for reopening of closed jute mills
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24th December, 2020 07:15:58
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Labour and Employment Ministry on Thursday recommended making the closed state-owned jute mills functional through modernisation with local and foreign financing.
The parliamentary panel requested the government to take necessary steps in this regard, said an official release of the Parliament Secretariat.
It also suggested taking effective steps to revive the state-owned Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation (BJMC) and make it a profitable organisation.
At the meeting, the committee also recommended providing overall cooperation to the workers of the closed jute mills in amending their national identity card and paying all the dues of the terminated workers by withdrawing or settling the cases on an emergency basis.
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For nearly a decade, India’s governments invested political capital to woo manufacturers of iconic products to ‘make in India’ by leveraging skill availability and low manpower cost. The tide of economics, propelled by rising wages in China, produced an opportunity for India to woo investors who were headed to Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand and Mexico. The consequences of the pandemic accelerated thought on re-configuring the supply chain of manufacturing away from China.