New Delhi (NVI): Union Labour Minister, Santosh Gangwar, has asked various state and Union territories to designate a nodal officer from Labour Department to coordinate with 20 control rooms for addressing issues of the labour workforce in the country amid COVID-19 lockdown.
The Labour Ministry had recently set up 20 control rooms under the Chief Labour Commissioner on pan India basis to address issues of workers arising in the backdrop of COVID-19.
Gangawar in a letter to the ministers said that the officers in the Labour Departments may be sensitised about these 20 Control Rooms.
He said, “the coordinated efforts of central and state governments are required in order to resolve the grievances of the workers.”
Initially, control rooms were concerned with wage related grievances related to central sphere and issues of migrant labour, the ministry said.
However, it has been observed that out of the 2,100 grievances received in these 20 Control Rooms till yesterday, 1,400 pertains to various state governments.
As such, labour being a concurrent subject, it is important that a proper coordination is established with various governments to resolve their grievances, the minister said.
The minister also forwarded the list of 20 Central Control Rooms along with names of officers deputed by the central government for ready reference.
