Tamil Nadu government to constitute labour welfare committees

COIMBATORE: In order to ensure welfare of labourers, committees comprising representatives from industries, trade unions and labour welfare boards would be formed in district and state level, said minister for labour welfare and skill development C V Ganesan, who was in the city on Wednesday to chair a meeting with the representatives of trade unions and labour welfare boards at the collector’s office.
The minister directed officials to take decision on petitions seeking assistance, a statement from the collector’s office said.
“We came to know that welfare measures were not distributed to about 75,000 families during the previous government. Now, we have taken steps to distribute them to 50,000 families in the first phase. The chief minister will distribute it in a day. We will take steps to increase the assistance fund distributed for marriage, death and education. Unorganized welfare boards would be strengthened soon,” the minister said. “The government will soon take up construction of office buildings for unorganized welfare boards.”
As many as 3,23,209 people are registered in the construction workers welfare board and unorganized labours welfare boards in the district, the statement said.
Under the ‘chief minister in your constituency’ scheme, the minister distributed job offers from private company to three people and books to four people preparing for government examinations. Under the social security scheme, relief funds were distributed to four people and welfare board identity cards were distributed to seven labourers.