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Monday 27 March 2017

Inter-Ministerial Committee to examine issue of Social Security benefits to unorganized sector

Date : 28.3.2017

Inter-Ministerial Committee to examine issue of Social Security benefits to unorganized sector : Ministry of Labour & Employment.



The Ministry of Labour and Employment has constituted an inter-ministerial Committee under the chairpersonship of Secretary (Labour & Employment) to examine the issue of giving social security benefits to the unorganized sector e.g. Anganwadi, Mid-day meal and Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) workers. The other members of this Committee include representatives from Ministries of Women & Child Development, Human Resource Development, Finance and Health & Family Welfare.

In addition to above, the ESIC has also launched two pilot schemes for auto-rickshaw drivers in Delhi and for domestic workers in Delhi and Hyderabad.
This information was given by Shri Bandaru Dattatreya, the Minister of State (IC) for Labour and Employment, in written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today

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