NEW DELHI: Oil and steel minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday met representatives of trade unions to discuss issues of labour welfare, manpower succession planning, skill development, safety, housing, ensuring right age mix in labour and wage revision etc.Pradhan called for collaborative efforts of management and workmen towards achieving high performance while balancing workmen's interests, an official statement said.
He said all the payments made to permanent workmen as well as contract workmen must be through digital means to ensure transparency.
He further added that civic amenities at townships must match those of a smart city. He said that medical facilities being provided by SAIL will continue and will be modernised. He added that enhancing cost efficiency and labour welfare are not mutually exclusive goals and will be pursued simultaneously.
Pradhan last month had visited SAIL’s Bokaro Steel Plant and mines in Jharkhand and had interacted with the employees.