Hi Friends,

Even as I launch this today ( my 80th Birthday ), I realize that there is yet so much to say and do. There is just no time to look back, no time to wonder,"Will anyone read these pages?"

With regards,
Hemen Parekh
27 June 2013

Now as I approach my 90th birthday ( 27 June 2023 ) , I invite you to visit my Digital Avatar ( www.hemenparekh.ai ) – and continue chatting with me , even when I am no more here physically

Tuesday, 17 November 2020

Social Security for Unorganized Labour

 


 

Context :

Unorganised labour to get social security soon  ( Business Line / 16 Nov 2020 )

Extract :

Ø  The draft norms say worker will be required to register with AADHAR on a SELF DECLARATION basis, on the SPECIFIC portal

 

Ø  Based on the registration, a unique REGISTRATION NUMBER will be generated

 

Ø  This registration will be MANDATORY to get benefits under the Social Security Scheme

 

Ø  The unorganized worker , or any category or sub-category of unorganized worker, shall be required to UPDATE their particulars such as “  Current Address “ and “ Occupation “ , from TIME –to-TIME

 

Ø  In the absence of such UPDATION, any unorganized worker may not remain eligible to avail such benefits of the social security schemes

 

Ø  The code prescribes schemes for social welfare relating to ;

#   Life and Disability cover

#   Accident Insurance

#   Health and Maternity Benefits

#   Old Age Protection

#   Creche ( and other benefits to be added from time to time )

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Nearly 2 YEARS ago , I sent following e-mail to our Cabinet Ministers / MPs-MLAs / NITI Aayog :

Organizing the Unorganized ………………………[ 04 Feb 2019 ]

-       Where I briefly defined the roles to be played by :

 

Ø  Ministry of Labor

Ø  Ministry of Electronics and IT

Ø  Ministry of MSME

Ø  Ministry of Skills Development

Ø  Ministry of Commerce

Ø  Role of MSME

Ø  Role of the Workers

 

For “ Ministry of Electronics and IT “, I envisaged following role :

 

Ø  Direct each of the 1.2 million operators of 3 lakh CSC [ Customer Service Centers ] to visit 50 nearby MSME and guide / help , both the workers and the MSME employer , to enroll the workers on www.MaanDhan.gov.in , by filling in the REGISTRATION FORM with the following data about each worker :

    #  Name / Contact Details / DOB / Aadhar Card No / Employee Number

       ( Each unique Employee Number will be auto-generated by a common Salary Payment Software , running

         on Web site Server )

   #  Employee's Jandhan Yojana Bank Account Number for salary transfer ( DBT )

  #   Employer's Jandhan bank account / Unique Employer Number

      (  Employers will be mandated to effect the salary payments , only through digital bank transfer and never

        through CASH )

   #  Employee Category ( Hourly-rated / Daily-rated / Monthly-rated )

  #   Payment Frequency ( Daily – Fortnightly – Monthly )

  #   Leave provisions / PF rate / TDS rate / Allowances / Reimbursements

  #  Any other relevant data ( either about employee or of employer )

Each CSC operator will be assigned 50 MSME so as to cover all 60 million MSME within one year

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Dear Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwarji (  Minister of Labour ) :

[  molegangwar@yahoo.com  /  santosh.gangwar.bareilly@gmail.com ]


Congratulations for releasing these draft rules for “ Code on Social Security “ for workers in the Unorganized Sector , in which you have incorporated some of the suggestions made in my above-mentioned e-mail


However , I urge you to consider my following ( e-mailed ) suggestion , which will, with ONE STROKE , fully INTEGRATE,

 

Ø  All the 4 Labour Codes ( Wages / Industrial Relations / Social Security / Occupational Safety , Health and Working Conditions )

 

Ø  All types of Workers ( Unorganized – Organized – Contractual – Part Time – Gig – may be even Domestic Workers – and potentially even SELF EMPLOYED )

 

And through such creation of a “ Single Master Dynamic / Auto-Generated Database “ of our 480 million workers ( Organized + Unorganized ), it will enable framing of future policies in respect of INDUSTRY – TRADE – COMMERCE – TAXATION ( Corporate and Personal ) – MINIMUM WAGES etc


There will be no more need for conducting “ Quarterly – Annual Employment Surveys “ of a tiny fraction ( not even 1 % ) of our workers

 

      #     From BAD to MAD …………………………….[ 01 June 2016 ]

      #    MAD goes to Mandi ……………………………[ 02  Jan  2020 ]

 

I urge you not to miss this opportunity of a life-time  

 

With regards,

 

Hemen Parekh  /  hcp@RecruitGuru.com  /  18  Nov  2020

 

 

 

 

 

  

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