Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday sought to allay the concerns of the Left parties on the legislation for unorganised sector workers.
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday sought to allay the concerns of the Left parties on the legislation for unorganised sector workers saying the proposed bill was flexible and their suggestions can be incorporated.
Singh gave this assurance to a delegation of CPI (M) MPs led by Sitaram Yechury who met him to seek his intervention for bringing out a comprehensive legislation for unorganized workers providing them social and job security.
"We demanded a comprehensive legislation which includes social security for workers and takes into account the condition of their services," CITU General Secretary and Rajya Sabha member Mohd Amin told here.
"Prime Minister told us that the bill will be tabled in this session and after that it will be referred to the Standing Committee. He told us that it is flexible and suggestions can be accepted," Amin said quoting Singh.
The Union Cabinet last night decided to table the Unorganised Workers Bill in the current session.
The CPI (M) and other Left parties have been demanding inclusion of job and social security provisions in the bill as suggested by the National Commission for Enterprises in the Unorganised Sector set up by the government.
"The committee's suggestions should be the basis for the next exercise. The committee was set up by the government itself. Government must abide by its valuable suggestions," CITU leader and Rajya Sabha member Tapan Sen said.
CPI (M) leader Rupchand Pal said the proposed bill should have firm indications about resources to provide social security to unorganised workers and must be justiciable as majority of the workers are in the private sector.
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