PM lauds unorganised sector workers of Gujarat

Varanasi/Ahmedabad

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today lauded the unorganised sector workers of Gujarat, saying the state had “zero-manday loss” which was one of the reasons for receiving substantial amount of foreign investment.

On a visit to Varanasi, Modi addressed the sector workers at 20 locations across Gujarat through video-conferencing, as part of ‘Shramyogi Kalyan Mela’ of the state government.

Praising the unorganised workers, Modi said Gujarat had zero-manday loss as all stakeholders followed the Gandhian spirit of working as a family. This, he added, is one of the reasons that the state was receiving large amounts of foreign investment.

An official statement released in New Delhi said that as part of the activities for ‘Good Governance Day’, the Gujarat government launched several welfare schemes for unorganised sector workers.

These schemes draw inspiration from the “Shramev Jayate” vision of the Union government, the statement added.

Among the initiatives is ‘U-WIN’ – Unorganised Sector Identification Number, which will enable unorganised sector workers to avail the benefits of several government schemes.

Also launched was a portal through which unorganised labourers can be contacted by the contractors, companies, and general public for various tasks.

The Prime Minister congratulated the Gujarat government for these initiatives, and said other states could also emulate these.

He also congratulated the state government for launching Rural Labour Commissionerates and Rural Labour Welfare Boards.

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Shramyogi Kalyan Mela (working class welfare fair) is a Gujarat Government’s way of pushing forward the idea of good governance. The state is interacting with the labour class and devising welfare measures for them, the prime minister said.

Gujarat is going to take a giant leap in industrial development and a good labour force is one of its pillars.

Investment will come here rapidly. It is necessary for a state to have a skilled labour class and peaceful working environment, Modi said.

People across the world are willing to invest their capital in Gujarat, he said.

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Govt release:

PM addresses unorganized sector workers at 20 locations across Gujarat through video-conferencing

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi today addressed unorganized sector workers at 20 locations across Gujarat through video-conferencing. The Prime Minister was in Varanasi at the time of this video-conference, which was conducted as part of the “Shramyogi Kalyan Mela” of the Government of Gujarat.

As part of the activities for Good Governance Day, the Gujarat Government launched several welfare schemes for unorganized sector workers. These schemes draw inspiration from the “Shramev Jayate” vision of the Union Government. Among the initiatives is “U-WIN” – Unorganized Sector Identification Number, which will enable unorganized sector workers to avail of the benefits of several Government schemes.

The Prime Minister congratulated the Gujarat Government for these initiatives, and said other states could also emulate them. He also congratulated the state Government for launching Rural Labour Commissionerates and Rural Labour Welfare Boards.

The Prime Minister also praised the unorganized sector workers of the state, and said that the state had zero-mandays loss, as all stakeholders had followed the Gandhian spirit of working as a family. He said this was one of the reasons that the state was receiving large amounts of foreign investment.