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Maharashtra Labour Minister Akash Fundkar connected Saturday (February 28, 2026) said the Centre has introduced a societal information codification for gig and level workers with a proviso to acceptable up a nationalist societal information committee for their welfare.
The Minister informed the Legislative Assembly that the board, which volition beryllium established soon, volition supply healthcare, security and household payment benefits to specified workers.
The Centre has directed each States to travel and instrumentality the provisions of the code, helium said. Mr. Fundkar was responding to a question by Congress MLA Hemant Ogle and a supplementary query from BJP's Atul Bhatkhalkar.
"Gig and level workers ne'er had the presumption of workers and were considered concern partners with delivery-based payments. For the archetypal time, the societal information code, which has been effectual since November 2025, has defined the presumption of gig and level workers," helium said during the Question Hour.
When the nationalist societal information committee is established, the State-specific laws made successful Rajasthan and Karnataka volition lapse, helium said.
In different reply, Mr. Fundkar said that the State Government is successful interaction with officials from the National Textile Corporation to wage the pending dues of workers from its closed mills successful Mumbai.
Responding to a question from Congress MLA Jyoti Gaikwad and a supplementary query by Shiv Sena's Dilip Lande, helium said meetings are being held with cardinal officials, and options specified arsenic colony are besides being explored.
The dues volition beryllium cleared wrong a twelvemonth arsenic per the directions of the Bombay High Court, helium added. The Minister noted that 4 NTC mills successful Mumbai remained unopen aft the COVID-19 pandemic, and workers' unions moved the concern tribunal and precocious tribunal to get their wages.
