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Important Achievements of Commissionerate of Labour

Introduction :

The Commissionerate of Labour is committed towards Industrial Peace and

harmony through timely intervention into all kinds of industrial disputes and

addresses multi-dimentional socio-economic aspects concerning Labour

Welfare, living standard of workers, their condition of employment and social

security along with being transparency and accountability in enforcement of

various Labour Legislations.

The major achievements of the Commissionerate of labour in the last ten

months are as follows :

1. Massive Awareness Programme / Drive under various labour Laws-

a) Awareness of various Labour Laws through publication of advertisement

in leading Newspapers of Assam in English, Assamese, Bengali, Boro.

b) Display of benefits guaranteed to different section of worker under

various Labour Laws through LED display.

c) Awareness of various Labour Laws through publication of advertisement

in Magazines .

d) Awareness programme for opening of Bank Accounts is carried out

throughout Assam by field level offices under the Payment of wages

Act,1936.

e) House to house random survey of beneficiaries under The Building and

Other Construction Workers (RE & CS) Act, 1996 and awareness thereof.

f) Rescue operations / awareness drives against Child Labour are carried out

by Labour Dept. officials through District Child Labour Task Force

throughout the State.

g) Live phone-in programme on functioning of Commissionerate of Labour

and direct interaction with public on related issues was attended by

Deputy Labour Commissioner, Assam.

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Photographs of awareness on various Labour Laws through print media :

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Screen shots of LED Display in fornt of Assam Secretariat :

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Photos of Random survey and awareness under BOCW :

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Awareness regarding opening of Bank Accounts by the Filed Level Officers

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2. Digitization:

a) Standardized Web portal has been launched for the Dept. for seamless

citizen centric information and services of the department.

Labour and Welfare Web Portal (screen shot) :

b) Citizens Charter for time bound service delivery has been defined.

c) Under the Ease of Doing Business all points defined by the Department of

Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) for the Commissionerate of Labour

has been notified.

d) Online Registration, Licensing and periodic renewal under various Labour

Laws has been notified.

e) Online inspection schemes and self certification cum consolidated annual

return scheme has been defined.

f) Grievance redressal mechanism has been activated.

g) The Commissionerate is also in the process of seeding into the “Shram

Suvidha Portal” after the computerization of the Dept.

3. Administrative initiatives:

a) Special Inspection Drive under the 100 days programme of all the 800 tea

gardens under the Plantations Labour Act, 1951 was under taken and a

database of the same is developed.

b) Specific Inspectors for implementation of P.L. Act, 1951 are Notified.

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c) Categorization of Tea Estates based on implementation of the Plantation

Labour Act, 1951 is done.

d) Online submission of Annual Return “Form 12” named as Tea Atlas with

UNICEF initiated.

e) Direction has been issued to all managements of Tea Gardens to use local

language for communication with workers.

f) D.O. letter from Hon’ble Minister to all tea garden managers for opening

horticulture garden in surplus vacant land of tea gardens.

g) Citizens Charter for time bound service delivery has been defined

h) Draft Notification of Minimum Wages for Domestic Workers.

i) Enhancement of welfare benefits for registered construction workers and

their dependents are proposed.

j) State Level Advisory Board meetings under various labour laws were

conducted and time bound plan of action was streamlined .

State Level Advisory Board meetings on various Labour

Laws(Photos)

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Photos of Regional Labour Conference :

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4. Amendments:

i) Shops and Establishment Act, 1971 -

a) Registration and Renewal of fees under Assam Shops & Estb Act, 1971

have been revised .

b) Assam Shops & Estb. (Amendment) Act, 2016 proposed in line with

Model Shops & Establishment Act.

c) Revised opening and closing hours of Shops & Estb. 8.00 am to 12.00

mid night in respect of Guwahati has been notified.

d) Amendment proposal moved for Self Certification under the Assam

Shops &Establishment Act, 1971 regarding non engagement of any child

labour.

ii) Payment of Wages Act, 1936 -

a) Govt Of India notified the Payment of wage (Amendment) under Section

6 of the Payment of Wage Act 1936. The notification specifying 27 No.

of Industrial and other establishments including Plantations shall pay

wages to every person employed only by cheque or by crediting the

Wages in his bank accounts.

iii) Plantation Labour Act, 1951 –

a) State amendment of Section 14 of the Plantations Labour Act,1951 in

synchronization with the Right To Education Act is under process.

b) Amendment of the Plantation (Welfare officers) Assam Rules, 1977 is

under process.

Labour Commissioner, Assam

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