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The Centre is planning to come out with a pan-India drive to enrol workers in the unorganised sector aimed at providing a social security net.
The move extends crores of workers spread across the country, even in the remotest parts, via smart card Identity cards. This card named You Win would provide all the facilities such as cash, hospital and pension benefits, Bandaru Dattatreya, Union Labour Minister said.
Addressing a press conference here today, he said this move requires support of the State Governments for its effective implementation. Thus far 12 States have given their consent and efforts are underway to convince other States to take up this initiative. The campaign is likely to be launched within couple of months by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
He said about Rs 27,000 crore is lying unclaimed in the PF account and efforts would be made to see that the rightful claimant gets the benefit, he said.
Referring to workers in sectors such as beedi leaf collection and making and weavers who need support, he said the Labour Ministry with the participation of State Governments is trying to cover them under various schemes to provide them with benefits such as health cover and scholarships for study of children.
SOCIAL SECURITY PACTS
On the Social Security Agreements for Employment Provident Fund, the Minister said India has so far signed agreements with 13 countries covering about 31,000 families living abroad.
He said that though India does not have a SSA with the US, it accounts for highest number of Indians working in the US. As per Nasscom estimate about 2,00,000 Indians are working in the US in the Indian companies which have presence in the US for deductions of more than $ 2-3 billion.
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