Hyderabad: Union minister of state (independent charge) labour and employment Bandaru Dattatreya on Thursday asked workers against being misled about the government’s reforms.“We have taken several measures for the welfare of workers and increase employment generation in the country.
However, some people are spreading misinformation about our labour reforms. I request labour unions against believing them. Please give us some time to show results as our reforms are for the benefit of comman man,” said Mr Dattatreya on Thursday, while participating in a meeting on good governance organised by ESIC.
The Narendra Modi government had introduced a slew measures aimed at ending what was called “Inspector Raj” by introducing self-assessment under labour laws. While the industry bodies welcomed the measures, trade unions remained afraid of the effect.
Stressing on the importance of training to create a pool of skilled workers, Mr Dattatreya said that the government has started a pilot project in Hyderabad, which aims at creating skilled labour in construction industry. “Under this, unskilled labour will be trained at construction sites. During the training, the unskilled labour will be paid on hourly basis,” he explained.
