By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday reviewed the major activities of Labour & ESI Department, in the 3rd Floor Conference Hall of Lokseva Bhawan, Bhubaneswar.
Minister, Labour & ESI, Sarada Nayak stated that the Department under the visionary leadership of Hon’ble Chief Minister has taken many initiatives for fulfillment of the commitments of the State Government in Election Manifesto, 2019 of the Government and highlighted the achievements on Mo Sarkar, 5T Charter and other initiatives of Labour & ESI Department, Odisha.
Nirman Shramik Kalyan Yojana being one of the flagship programmes of the State Government, five services e.g. Marriage Assistance, Maternity Benefit, Educational Assistance, Death Assistance and Funeral Assistance under Odisha Building and Other Construction Workers’ Welfare Board have been included under ‘Mo Sarkar’ initiative.
The Labour Law compliance procedure for the business stakeholders has been made easier, simpler and hassle-free by intervention of PAReSHRAM Portal, facilitating fully automated system of service delivery, from filing of application to downloading of the final certificate including online payment of statutory fees.
This portal ensures zero physical interference, transforming the e-Governance system from fully manual method to presence-less system of service delivery. It is also an information sharing platform for the start-ups and budding business entrepreneurs.Under the said Portal, 67 services are now available online. So far, more than 39,000 applications are received and more than 35,000 applications are approved through this portal. The Ministry of E&IT, Govt. of India has selected ‘PAReSHRAM’ as one of the 2 worthy examples of Digital transformation from Odisha. PAReSHRAM finds place in the GoI list in catalysing new India’s Techade.
Under 5T transformative initiative in Nirman Shramik Kalyan Yojana, online module “nirmanshramik.odisha.gov.in” with end-to-end service delivery for registration, renewal, resumption of membership and benefit disbursement and “Cess Module” for online deposit of cess by establishments have been made operational. For providing such online services under Nirman Shramik Kalyan Yojana at doorstep, all Mo-Seva Kendras have been integrated. The educational assistance is also being extended in convergence with State Scholarship Portal.
A Special package has been declared by Hon’ble Chief Minister to address distress migration, under which provision of additional 200 days of employment under MGNREGS has been made in 477 GPs of 20 blocks in 4 Migration prone districts e.g. Bolangir, Bargarh, Kalahandi and Nuapada with State budgetary allocation of Rs. 500 crore.
