New Delhi, Feb 8 (UNI) The government think tank NITI Aayog has constituted a sub-group to prepare a national action plan to address issues related to migrant workers.
The sub-group comprises members from various ministries, subject experts, NGOs and civil society organisations.
This information was given by Labour and Employment Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar in a written reply in Lok Sabha on Monday.
He also said the Labour Bureau, an attached office of his ministry, has been entrusted with the task of conducting the all India survey on migrant workers.
In order to safeguard the interest of the migrant workers, the Central government had enacted the Inter-state Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1979. This Act has now been subsumed in the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 and the Code has been notified on 29.09.2020.
This code, commonly known as OSH Code, provides for decent working conditions, minimum wages, grievances redressal mechanisms, protection from abuse and exploitation, enhancement of the skills and social security to all category of organised and unorganised workers including Migrant workers.
The Code is applicable to every establishment in which 10 or more inter-state migrant workers are employed or were employed on any day of the preceding 12 months.
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