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Special Report
Labour Reforms

Helping hand for labourers during Corona
80 Crore people to get free

ration for 8 months

Workers transported to their homes
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through trains and buses
PM Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyan to provide
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them employment close to their homes
Over 23,000 labourers from 116 districts
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are connected through this scheme

the migrant workers with new provisions so that This has been decided on the basis of thoughts
if they move from one state to other, they are of the Prime Minister which he expressed in his
covered under the same codes. So far, only the speech on July 20, 2015 at the inauguration
migrant workers working under the contractors ceremony of the 46th session of Indian Labour
were covered under the law. As per the new Conference. The Prime Minister believes that
code, employers would have to give travel in building the nation, labourers, farmers and
allowance to the workers for going home once workers have a crucial role to play. If a worker
in a year. remains unhappy, the country cannot be in a
WORKER AND EMPLOYER BONDING happy state. He said, “As a society, we need to

The four Labour Codes will strike a balance respect the dignity of labour.” He also said that
between the rights of workers and employers. there has to be a bond between the employer and
the worker. There has to be mutual respect for
each other to run the organization smoothly. The
The four Labour Codes will strike a employer should be compassionate towards its

balance between the rights of workers workers and there should be reciprocation from
and employers. This has been decided the workers too.
on the basis of thoughts of the Prime LABOURERS CAN UNDERSTAND LAW, AVAIL
Minister which he expressed during RIGHTS
his speech on July 20, 2015 The intent and planning of the Government

Taking care of workers from organised & unorganised sectors

India has a strength of 50 Crore workers. Of this, about 93 per cent are from the unorganised
sector and do not get benefits despite stringent labour laws. As per the data from the labour
organisations, more than half of the 7 per cent labourers from the organised sector were
working on contract or on outsourcing basis so the Government was unable to protect their
rights. To deal with these issues, the second Labour Commission in 2002 presented its
report suggesting that the labour laws should be converted into Labour Codes. However, no
progress was made between 2004 and 2014. But when Prime Minister Narendra Modi took
over reins in Delhi in 2014, some serious steps were taken to convert the labour laws into
four codes.

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