Hold meet of State Advisory Board: AMTUC to Govt
Source: Chronicle News Service

Imphal, July 24 2022: All Manipur Trade Unions Council (AMTUC) has appealed to the state government to hold a meeting of State Advisory Board at the earliest to ensure wages of labourers are at par with the present time.

In a release, AMTUC general secretary A Premkumar Singh decried that though the government had formed a 31-member State Advisory Board under Section 42 of Code on Wages, 2019 on January 20, 2019, no meeting of the Board has taken place which has resulted in state's labourers still continuing to do work under low wages.

At a time, Covid-19 pandemic has affected people hard and prices of commodities are sky high, the labourers of the state have to work on wages that were fixed by the government years ago, it noted.

AMTUC also stated that the Union in collaboration with Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) State Special Office and Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) State Branch Office is going to organise an enrolment drive for Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maandhan Yojna (PMSYM) scheme which enables labourers from unorganised sector under the age of 40 to receive pension of Rs 3000 per month when they reach 60 years of age.

Hence, unorganised workers of the state especially, street vendors, construction workers, etc., should join the enrolment drive and avail benefits of the PM-SYM scheme initiated by the Union government, it added.

AMTUC also informed that a meeting of its executive committee was held on Friday which approved registration and affiliation of Solid Waste Management Plant Mazdoor Sangh and also Khuman Lampak Ema Keithel, registration No.100 of 2003.The meeting also resolved to pressure the government to implement the long delayed Shops and Establishment Act, it further conveyed.

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