Bhubaneswar: A regional meeting of eastern states – Odisha, Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal and Chhattisgarh – will be held here Friday to deliberate on labour reforms, social protection and other issues.
According to sources at the Union Labour and Employment Ministry, the meeting is being organised by the ministry to discuss various issues with focus on labour reforms, eShram-National Database of Unorganised Workers (NDUW), Building and other Construction Workers (BoCW), Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) and employment generation programmes. The meeting is part of an ongoing series of regional consultations being held by the Centre with the states/UTs nationwide, which commenced with convening of first regional meeting with southern states/UTs of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Kerala, Puducherry, and Andaman & Nicobar Islands in Bengaluru.
This was followed by the second regional meeting with northern states/UTs of Punjab, Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh, Ladakh and Rajasthan in Chandigarh. The third regional meeting with western states/UTs of Maharashtra, Goa, Gujarat, Daman and Diu, and Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Lakshadweep was held in Rajkot. The meeting will be chaired by Union Labour Secretary Sumita Dawra and attended by senior officers of the Central and state governments.