The second part of the financial
package announced by Hon’ble Finance Minister to redress the problems of small
farmers, Migrant Labourers, Street Vendors and Self Employed are the right
steps at right directions. Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh wholeheartedly welcomes the
second part of the package. Portability of welfare benefits; ESI benefits to
all establishments with 10 employees; Voluntary basis ESI coverage for below 10
Employees; mandatory ESI benefits in hazardous Industries; Social Security
coverage for platform workers, Gig workers and unorganized sector workers,
payment of Gratuity for fix term employees for working for One year is a good
move. Universal coverage of ESIC throughout the country is a historical
decision.
“One Nation One Ration Card”;
food grains to Migrant labourers of urban and rural areas; shelters for urban
homeless peoples; Free food grains for Non-Ration cardholders; houses at
nominal rent in urban and Industrial Areas; some type of basic works under
MGNREGA in their home states; Rs.10.000/- credit for Street vendors; interest
subventions to Sishu Mudra Scheme category; appointment letter to all contract
workers employed with contractors; liquidity support to the rural economy
through small and marginal farmers are the most welcoming steps. This will
generate job opportunities and gives way out to livelihood. BMS strongly feels
that the Government has responded to unorganized sectors workers concerns and
taken the right decisions at the right time. In this connection, BMS would like
to bring to the notice of Hon’ble prime Minister and Finance Minister about the
problems of forest workers, Marine & Riverine Fishers, Plantation
workers, Handloom workers, Private Transport workers, Domestic workers, all
types Scheme workers and Occupation based self-employed workers (Vishwakarma
sector) like Barbers, Carpenters, Washermen, Potters, and Cobblers etc. We
request the Government of India to formulate some special schemes to address
these workers problems.
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