Conducting health camp and distributing kits is not labour welfare, says Union Minister Shobha Karandlaje

Union Minister of State for Labour, Employment and MSME Shobha Karandlaje has alleged that the State Labour Department is not functioning properly.

Speaking to the property successful Hubballi connected Friday (May 1), Ms. Karandlaje claimed that successful each Opposition party-ruled States, the payment money meant for the operation workers is not being utilised properly. “Especially successful Karnataka, each year, ₹15,000 crore is collected arsenic operation cess, which is not being decently utilised. For them, labour payment means conducting wellness camps and distributing kits, thereby siphoning disconnected the money. Our connection is to utilise this money for providing pensions and ESI and EPF facilities to operation workers. A fewer States person already adopted the suggestion, but the Karnataka authorities is yet to bash so,” she pointed out.