MSMEs are happy to see burial of 'Inspector Raj', says Karnataka industries
Updated: Oct 17, 2014 03:41:24pm
Bangalore, Oct 17 (KNN) The new Labour Inspection Scheme and the Shram Suvidha portal launched by the central government has in one stroke addressed a long-pending need of the industry as well as the workers, said KASSIA (Karnataka Small Scale Industries Association).
Welcoming the slew of labour reforms announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday, KASSIA President, Chidananda M Rajamane said, “The micro, small and medium scale industries are happy to see a formal burial of the inspector raj.”
“The power to choose an industrial unit for inspection is now in the hands of an algorithm and not arbitrary labor inspectors which will largely put an end to the harassment faced by industry. Also, employers will be greatly relieved that they are now required to file a single sheet in place of 80 pages complying with 16 central laws forms. While this will make compliance with labor laws hassle-free, there are still 28 more laws remaining which we hope will be covered too in the second phase of reforms,” he added.
KASSIA General Secretary, N C Gopinathan acknowledged that the introduction of a single window for online registration of units, reporting of inspections, submission of annual returns and redressal of grievances is a move towards ‘Minimum Government, Maximum Governance’ promised by the PM, while expressing happiness at the fillip given to skill development with the union labour ministry sharing 50 per cent of the stipend during the first two years of training, under the Apprentice Protsahan Yojana.
“For the workers, the For the workers, the Shram Suvidha labour facilitation portal will deliver easy portability of EPF accounts by linking them bank accounts and also significantly help to unlock the Rs 27,000-cr of unclaimed EPF deposit lying with the centre.”
However, KASSIA cautioned that for these labour reforms to spur manufacturing growth, the Centre has to follow up with deeper structural reforms to make the factor markets more flexible. “To do the new, the centre’s reforms policy should look beyond tweaking the existing framework to striking at the fundamentals,” he added. (KNN Bureau)
Welcoming the slew of labour reforms announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday, KASSIA President, Chidananda M Rajamane said, “The micro, small and medium scale industries are happy to see a formal burial of the inspector raj.”
“The power to choose an industrial unit for inspection is now in the hands of an algorithm and not arbitrary labor inspectors which will largely put an end to the harassment faced by industry. Also, employers will be greatly relieved that they are now required to file a single sheet in place of 80 pages complying with 16 central laws forms. While this will make compliance with labor laws hassle-free, there are still 28 more laws remaining which we hope will be covered too in the second phase of reforms,” he added.
KASSIA General Secretary, N C Gopinathan acknowledged that the introduction of a single window for online registration of units, reporting of inspections, submission of annual returns and redressal of grievances is a move towards ‘Minimum Government, Maximum Governance’ promised by the PM, while expressing happiness at the fillip given to skill development with the union labour ministry sharing 50 per cent of the stipend during the first two years of training, under the Apprentice Protsahan Yojana.
“For the workers, the For the workers, the Shram Suvidha labour facilitation portal will deliver easy portability of EPF accounts by linking them bank accounts and also significantly help to unlock the Rs 27,000-cr of unclaimed EPF deposit lying with the centre.”
However, KASSIA cautioned that for these labour reforms to spur manufacturing growth, the Centre has to follow up with deeper structural reforms to make the factor markets more flexible. “To do the new, the centre’s reforms policy should look beyond tweaking the existing framework to striking at the fundamentals,” he added. (KNN Bureau)
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