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Legislation in monsoon session of Parliament: Dasmunsi

New Delhi May 24 The Cabinet on Thursday approved the introduction of a Bill for extending social security cover to the workers in the unorganised sector which employs around 37 crore people.

Briefing reporters after the Cabinet meeting here on Thursday, the Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Mr P.R. Dasmunsi, said that legislation to provide social security to workers in the unorganised sector would be introduced on the first day of the Monsoon session of Parliament.

"Besides providing for number of welfare schemes for these workers who constitute over 90 per cent of the 40 crore work force, the legislation would also enable setting up of a National Advisory Board to design, from time to time, suitable schemes for different sections of these workers," he said.

"It is revolutionary scheme, a key programme of the National Common Minimum Programme aimed at taking care of the most vulnerable sections of the unorganised sector workers," Mr Dasmunsi said.

Notifying schemes

The central Government would notify scheme or schemes for one or more sections of unorganised workers based on the recommendations of the National Advisory Board, he said.

The schemes will have provisions for life and disability cover, health benefits, old age protection and such other benefit that will be decided by the Central Government.

Apart from designing model schemes for workers in the unorganised sector, the board will also monitor the implementation of all notified welfare schemes.

Advisory panel

The Bill will also have provision for setting up State-level advisory boards. The board would prescribe the procedures for registration of unorganised sector workers and the minimum age for registration would be 18 years.

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