PM to address conference of labour ministers of all states, UTs on Aug 25

India

pti-PTI

New
Delhi,
Aug
23:
Prime
Minister
Narendra
Modi
will
on
Thursday
address
a
national
conference
of
labour
ministers
of
all
states
and
union
territories,
his
office
said.

The
conference
is
being
convened
in
the
spirit
of
cooperative
federalism
to
discuss
various
significant
labour-related
issues,
the
Prime
Minister’s
Office
(PMO)
said
in
a
statement
on
Tuesday.

Prime
Minister
Modi
will
address
the
national
conference
of
labour
ministers
of
all
states
and
union
territories
on
August
25
at
4:30
pm
via
video
conferencing,
it
said.

The
two-day
conference
is
being
organised
by
the
Union
Ministry
of
Labour
and
Employment
on
August
25-26
at
Tirupati,
Andhra
Pradesh.

The
conference
will
help
create
further
synergy
amongst
the
Centre
and
state
governments
in
formulating
better
policies
and
ensuring
effective
implementation
of
schemes
for
the
welfare
of
workers,
the
statement
said.

It
will
have
four
thematic
sessions
–
integrating
e-Shram
portal
for
on-boarding
social
security
schemes
to
universalise
social
protection;
‘Swasthya
se
Samriddhi’ for
improving
medical
care
through
ESI
hospitals
run
by
state
governments
and
integration
with
PMJAY;
framing
of
rules
under
four
labour
codes
and
modalities
for
their
implementation;
and
vision
‘Shramev
Jayate
@2047’
with
a
focus
on
just
and
equitable
conditions
of
work,
social
protection
to
all
workers,
including
gig
and
platform
workers,
gender
equality
at
work,
among
other
issues.