Chhattisgarh CM Vishnu Deo Sai on Thursday announced measures including modern labour facilitation centres in cities, an e-bike assistance scheme for registered workers and doubling financial assistance for e-rickshaw purchases by unorganised-sector rickshaw drivers to Rs 1 lakhAddressing a state-level workers’. At a convention held on the occasion of Vishwakarma Jayanti at Sardar Balbir Singh Junega Indoor Stadium Sai emphasized that the governments objective was not merely to provide financial assistance but to create a lasting impact on the lives of workers and their family.
Providing social security to workers, quality education to their children, self-reliance opportunities for women and avenues for youth to progress are among the government’s priorities for building empowered worker families. Workers have contributed through their labour to building a prosperous and developed Chhattisgarh,” he said.
Announcing the measures, Sai said modern labour facilitation centres equipped with basic amenities would be established in cities where workers gather while looking for employment.
For unorganised-sector rickshaw drivers, the assistance provided for purchasing e-rickshaws will be increased from Rs 50,000 to Rs 1 lakh. This will help traditional rickshaw drivers adopt modern means, increase their income and strengthen self-employment,” he said while announcing an e-bike assistance scheme for registered workers.
He also transferred more than Rs 51.32 crore through direct benefit transfer into the bank accounts of over 1.43 lakh workers under 26 schemes run by different boards of the Labour Department.
Referring to measures taken under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership for workers’ social security, Sai said the One Nation-One Ration Card system had benefited workers who travel to other states in search of employment.