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ARUN TRISAL
KATHUA, Jun 7: The Government’s repeated instructions, making it mandatory for the Industrial Units, being set in Jammu and Kashmir, to provide maximum employment to the locals are being openly floated by the unit holders.
According to a survey not a single unit holder has implemented the government instructions and instead has violated Labour Laws in vogue in the state. As per Government policy, no new Industrial unit can be established which does not provide 90% employment of local labour (both skilled / unskilled). The procedure is to obtain no objection certificate from the Labour Department of the concerned District about the engagement of local labour, but it has been observed that industrialists have nexus with the Labour department and they manage NOC from themselves. The unemployment is increasing day by day in the state and the industrialists prefer to engage labourers belonging to outside the state in sheer violation of the state government policy and its standing instructions.
The Labour Department which is meant to safeguard the interests of labour class too has failed to discharge its duties. All labourers/ workers working in such Establishment are required to be registered with the concerned Assistant Labour Commissioner of the District, but unfortunately this too has not been done. No weekly off is observed strictly in accordance with the provisions of shops and Labour Department, which needs to implement the laws in proper perspective if it is really concerned with labour class. Almost all Central Labour Laws have been extended to Jammu and Kashmir but regrettably these are not being implemented in letter and spirit with the result labourers are suffering for settlement of their claims. The reasons are obvious. This grass negligence on the part of the department gives rise to the nexus between the industrial unit holders, commercial establishments and the department concerned. Merely passing laws would not serve any purpose unless these are implemented on the ground, the labourers opine. This being the position, the purpose of introduction of Labour laws in the state has forfeited totally. It is pertinent to mention here that no Labour has been issued any identity card by the industrial units and commercial establishment. In case of any eventuality his employers do not take any responsibility that the affected labourer was his employee. All such establishments should be directed to issue identity cards to each employee. In absence of identity card, no department entertains the claim of the labourers. All industrial units/ commercial establishments do not get registered with E.S.I scheme with the result many labourers have been deprived from the benefit of the said scheme. Not only are these, but those who apply for RDI scheme, not being paid even after months that too with paying bribe. Talking to Early Times Secretary Saviour of Innocent Labour, (NGO) Hira Lal said “our NGO despite having given a charter of demands both to the Assistant Labour Commissioner Kathua and the Labour Commissioner in March last no action seems to have been taken on it so far, This clearly indicates that they have nexus with the industrial units and commercial establishments”, he alleged.
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