Labour Dept. has spent ₹72 crore for welfare of construction workers in three years: Minister Santhosh Lad

Minister for Labour Santosh Lad connected Friday said the section has spent astir ₹78 crore for the payment of workers successful the operation manufacture successful the past 3 yeas.

He was speaking astatine a programme that was organised to administer astute cards to workers successful the unorganised assemblage here.

Mr. Lad said the section has taken steps to found cooperative societies to supply outsourced workers to authorities departments. Thus, issues being faced by outsourced workers hired done backstage contractors could beryllium addressed, helium said, adding that the societies would beryllium headed by Deputy Commissioners concerned.

The Minister said the authorities provides 50% subsidy to micro and mean enterprises if they employment radical belonging to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. Over 7,000 entrepreneurs person availed themselves of the subsidy.

Mr. Lad said astute cards were being issued to workers successful astir 101 sectors to code their issues.

MLA for Mangaluru City North Y. Bharath Shetty, territory in-charge Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao, MLA for Puttur Ashok Kumar Rai, Manjunath Bhandary and Ivan D’Souza, MLCs, and others were present.