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Prime Minister Narendra Modi launches new labour schemes
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched six new labour schemes on Thursday (October 15), at the Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Shramev Jayete event organised by the Labour Ministry. (Source: Express photo by Anil Sharma)
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At the event, Narendra Modi unveiled a number of schemes including a unified web portal where employers can submit a single compliance report for 16 labour laws, a new labour inspection scheme, Unique Account Number facility for EPFO members, a new skill development and apprenticeship scheme and a revamped Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana. Seen here, the Prime Minister along with Union Cabinet Minister for Heavy Industries and Public Sector Enterprises, Anant Geete. (Source: Express photo by Anil Sharma)
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The Prime Minister stressed that labour reforms and skill development is essential for success of the Make in India campaign. (Source: Express photo by Anil Sharma)
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PM Modi said that the schemes would provide readily skilled labour for manufacturing units in the country. “Skill development is a big opportunity for India,” said Narendra Modi. (Source: Express photo by Anil Sharma)
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi also said that the revamped apprenticeship scheme and Industrial Training Institutes have a total of 34 lakh seats. (Source: Express photo by Anil Sharma)
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Modi said labour issues must be looked at from the perspective of the labour and not from industrialists. (Source: Express photo by Anil Sharma)
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He further added that a transparent labour inspection scheme is being developed to check arbitrariness. (Source: Express photo by Anil Sharma)