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Press Conference 8 th September 2014

Press Conference 8 th September 2014. Ministry of Labour & Employment Government of India. Thematic areas. Ease of Doing Business Single Unified Web Portal Labour Inspection Scheme Social Security Organized Workers, Unorganised Workers, Employment and Vocational Training

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Press Conference 8 th September 2014

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  1. Press Conference8th September 2014 Ministry of Labour & Employment Government of India

  2. Thematic areas • Ease of Doing Business • Single Unified Web Portal • Labour Inspection Scheme • Social Security • Organized Workers, • Unorganised Workers, • Employment and Vocational Training • Re-establishing brand equity of ITIs • Demand Responsive Vocational Training

  3. Single Unified Web Portal • For Ease of Compliance • Features: • 4 agencies in Central Sphere: CLC, DGMS, ESIC and EPFO • Online Registration of 6-7 lakh Units and assignment of a Unique LIN to each, • Single Harmonised Online Annual Return for enforcement of 16 Labour Laws, • Reporting of Inspections and • Grievance Redressal System integrated with Do AR & PG portal .

  4. Labour Inspection Scheme • For Transparent and Accountable Inspection Mechanism • Features: • 4 agencies in Central Sphere: CLC, DGMS, ESIC and EPFO • Linked to Web Portal • Random computerised selection of Units for Inspections based on objective criteria • Analysis of Complaints by Central Analysis and Intelligence Unit (CAIU) based on data and evidence • Uploading of inspection Report in 72 hours • Monitoring of Inspections based on Key performance Indices.

  5. Social Security for Organized Workers Extending coverage of eligible beneficiaries, Statutory monthly wage ceiling for making contribution under the EPF & MP Act 1952 enhanced from Rs. 6500 p.m. to Rs. 15,000/- w.e.f. 1.9.2014 . Likely to extend PF coverage to an additional 50 lakh workers. iii. Minimum pension to pensioners under Employees’ Pension Scheme 1995 enhanced to ₹ 1,000/- w.e.f. 1.9.2014. iv. Likely to benefit about 28 lakh existing pensioners

  6. Social Security for Organized Workers • Improving customer service by providing portability of PF accounts • Seeding of Universal Account Number with Bank Account and Aadhar No. of the current members- completed for 35% current members. • Will facilitate portability of PF accounts across jobs and geographies for current and future members. • UAN mechanism will establish direct connect between members and EPFO.

  7. Social Security for Unorganised Workers’ Revamp of RSBY • Covering more than 3.85 crore families and 13 categories of unorganized workers in 26 States and Union Territories. • Revamped for efficient and transparent service delivery. • Phase-I from 01.06.2014 primarily covers • Performance parameters for Insurers, • Strengthening of State Nodal Agency, • Establishing a Call Centre and a robust grievance redressal mechanism*, • Third party audit and evaluation of scheme*. • The phase-II will commence from February 2015 envisages • Improved IT architecture, • Wellness Check of beneficiaries at PHCs, • Enrolment/ issue of smart cards by Central/ State PSUs Convergence of 3 social security schemes for Unorganised Workers, through single RSBY smart card and services through single point of contact in 20 pilot districts.

  8. Re-establishing brand equity of ITIs • Curriculum revised by Mentor Councils; Semester System. • Incubation Centres (5) and Chairs (6) in premier institutions • Training of trainers in distance mode; 4,000 trained so far • Leadership and Management training of Government ITI Principals (820 trained so far) • First phase of ITI e-governance portal including e-certification to be launched in November 2014

  9. Demand Responsive Vocational Training • Flexible MoUs for running industry-driven courses in ITIs • Developing Model ITIs in prominent industry clusters • Mentor Councils in 25 economic sectors with representatives from industry. • Encouragement to MSMEs to engage apprentices. • Amendment to Apprentices Act for value to both- apprentices and industry. • Utilising ITI infrastructure in urban areas for training of existing workforce. • National framework for RPL of Construction Workers,.

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