The Parliamentary Working Committee for the Permanent State has pulled the Ministry of Labor the trade union for not choosing an Indian conference on the Workers’ Conference (ILC) over the past 10 years. File | Photo Credit: PTI
The Parliamentary Committee on the Permanent State, headed by BJP Head of Basavaraj Bommai, pulled out the Ministry of Labor for not choosing an Indian conference on the Workers’ Conference (ILC) over the past 10 years. The panel claims that the last ILC (46th) took place in 2015 and states that the reasons not to hold it in the last 10 years have not been shared. She stated that the ministry did not disclose the preliminary date of his next meeting, although it was explicitly asked.
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“The ministry simply stated that the government organizes tripartite consultations on important politicians/questions from time to time. The Committee understands that the conference organization is a critical step to strengthen tripartite mechanisms and supports social dialogue necessary to deal with the need for workforce and to ensure fair economic growth.”
Work code
The panel said that representatives of trade unions expressed their serious concerns for not holding ILC, and urging him to summon him to follow the traditions of tripartism and also deal with urgent work problems. “Observing that many important decisions on job questions have been made over the past 10 years, including the four -working law notifications in 2019–2020, the Committee encourages the Ministry to convene an Indian working conference on the earliest opportunity in the greater interest of the workforce,” said the report.
The panel noted that while the 32 states/territory of the Union overtook the rules according to all four working codes, West Bengal and Lakshadweep did not do so. “The ministry must be more active in its approach, because even after the rules are pre -presented by all territories of the state/trade unions, it is necessary to do much further to carry out the ground -level codes,” Panel said, adding that he would investigate the work codes and submit a report to Parliament.
Observing that women’s employment, according to the data available in the latest reports on labor survey, according to the estimated ratio of workers, increased from 28.7% in 2019–20.3% in 2023-24, that the upward trend brings more positive aspects of the participation of more women in the organized and non-organized sector. It asked the Ministry to further enhance their efforts through other innovative measures such as encouragement of employers to engage more women’s workforce, organize campaigns to raise awareness of rural/distant/hilly/insufficiently operated areas, especially about the National Career Services portal, etc.
Published – March 30, 2025 22:01 is
