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tsusok&vkbZ-,y-vks- esa Hkkjr ds Jeea=kh Jh HkwisUnz ;kno th ds lkFk Hkkjrh; izfrfuf/ e.MyA 

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The effect of Pandemic on Female .... P.16 How has COVID-19 ........ P.18 

Hkkjrh; etnwj la?k ds laLFkkid nÙkksiar BsaxM+h Ik`- 

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us drj esa çoklh dkexkjksa-----Ik`- 

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tsusok&vkbZ-,y-vks- esa 

110osa l=k dks lEcksf/r djrs gq, Hkkjrh; etnwj la?k ds jk"Vªh; vè;{k Jh fgj.ke; iaM~;k th rFkk eapLFk inkf/dkjhx.kA 

tsusok&vkbZ-,y-vks- ds egkfuns'kd Jh xk; jk;Mj ls okrkZ djrs gq, Hkkela?k ds 

jk"Vªh; vè;{k Jh fgj.ke; i.M~;k ,oa jk"Vªh; egkea=kh Jh fou; dqekj flUgkA 

tsusok&vkbZ-,y-vks- ds egkfuns'kd Jh xk; jk;Mj ls lkFk Hkkela?k ds jk"Vªh; vè;{k Jh 

fgj.ke; i.M~;k ,oa jk"Vªh; laxBu ea=kh Jh ch-lqjsUnz th] Jhefr pkScs ,oa vatfy iVsyA 

tsusok&vkbZ-,y-vks- esa Hkkela?k ds jk"Vªh; vè;{k] jk"Vªh; egkea=kh ,oa jk"Vªh; laxBu ea=kh ds lkFk Hkkjrh; izfrfuf/;ksa A 

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tsusok&fo'o O;kikj laxBu esa Hkkjr ds dbZ egRoiw.kZ ekeyksa esa jtkeanhA 

rhulqf[k;k&vel] Hkkjrh; IykaVs'ku etnwj egkla?k ds 7osa vf/os'ku dks lEcksf/r djrs gq, Hkkela?k jk"Vªh; mikè;{k Jh t;arh yky thA 

tks/iqj (jkt-) jktLFkku fo|qr Jfed egkla?k ds f=kokf"kZd vf/os'ku esa Hkkx yssrs gq, vè;{k Jh /esZUnz flag lka[kyk] 

egkea=kh Jh fot; flag ck?ksyk rFkk vU; inkf/dkjhA 

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lsokxzke lheasV oDlZ&ok.kkdkcksjh &xqtjkr ds dk;ZdrkZ viuh ekaxksa dks ysdj izn'kZu djrs gq,A 

fcykliqj&(N-x-) i;kZoj.k eap }kjk ftyk vf/dkjh dk;kZy; esa izn'kZu dj Kkiu nsrs gq, Hkkela?k ds dk;ZdrkZA 

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liQkbZ dfeZ;ksa ds l'kfDrdj.k ls etcwr gksxh 

lkekftd lejrk 

LoPNrk ekuoh; thou dh le`f¼ dk lcls çeq[k çrhd gSA ;g vkfFkZd vkSj 

lkekftd mUufr dk og vuq"Bku gS] tks laiw.kZ lekt dh Hkkxhnkjh ls gh laiUu gksrk gSA 

gkykafd lekt esa gj O;fDr dh viuh ,d fuf'pr Hkwfedk r; gSA gekjs ?kj ,oa mlds 

vklikl tks LoPNrk ge ns[krs gSa] mlesa liQkbZ deZpkfj;ksa dh lcls egRoiw.kZ Hkwfedk gSA 

LoPNrk esa jguk fdls ilan ugha gS] ysfdu lkFk gh xanxh] dpjs dk fuLiknu dk;Z djuk 

fdls ilan gksxkA ckotwn blds gekjs ?kj] vkoklh; ifjlj] lkoZtfud LFkkuksa dks LoPN j[kus 

okys LoPNrk çgjh viuh ml lkekftd Hkwfedk dk fuoZgu djrs gSa] tks ekuoh; thou dh 

lcls cM+h cqfu;knh vko';drk gSA liQkbZ deZpkfj;ksa dks muds bl dk;Z esa dbZ pqukSfr;ka 

vkrh gSaA buesa lalkèkuksa dk vHkko] lkekftd vkSj vkfFkZd lqj{kk gh ugha dbZ ckj fo"ke 

ifjfLFkfr;ksa ds dkj.k thou Hkh nkao ij yx tkrk gSA LoPNrk ,oa liQkbZ dfeZ;ksa dk mYys[k 

gksrk gS rks lhoj esa vçkd`frd o vdky ekSr Hkh ,d cM+k ladV cudj lkeus vk;k gSA 

bls jksduk lekt ,oa ljdkj dh çkFkfedrk gksuh pkfg,A liQkbZ deZpkfj;ksa o muds vkfJrksa 

ds iquokZl ç;klksa dks etcwrh nsuh gksxhA Hkkjr ljdkj us ;g funZs'k fn, gSa fd [kqys esa 'kkSp 

can gksuh pkfg,A blds fy, LoPNrk vfHk;ku ds varxZr vHkwriwoZ dk;Z fd;k gSA blh ds lkFk 

gkFkksa ls ey mBkus dh O;oLFkk dks Hkh çfrcafèkr fd;k tk jgk gSA njvly] vkS|ksfxd çxfr 

ds lkFk&lkFk 'kgjhdj.k rsth ls c

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Hkkjrh; etnwj la?k ds laLFkkid nÙkksiar BsaxM+h ds 

izsjd ve`r opu vPNk dk;ZdrkZ dkSu 

ckgj ds yksxks ds fy, izk;% yscj 

iQhYM essa tSls jktuhfr esa vkSj nwljs {ks=kksa esa 

vPNk dk;ZdrkZ og gh ekuk tk ldrk gS 

tks tksjnkj Hkk"k.k ns ldrk gSA Hkk"k.k ds 

igys ;k Hkk"k.k ds ckn D;k gS ;g ns[kus dk 

dksbZ è;ku gh ughaA tks vPNk Hkk"k.k nsxk 

mldks vPNk dk;ZdrkZ ekuk tk,xkA tSls 

dk;ZdrkZ ds xq.k D;k jgs D;k ugha blds 

ckjs esa ckrphr ckn esa gksxh gh ysfdu 

vPNk dk;ZdrkZ fdldks le>sa bldk 

loZizeq[k Øk;Vsfj;k vxj dqN gksxk rks 

vius dk;Z ds lkFk mldh ,dkRerk fdruh] 

eSa vkSj Hkkjrh; etnwj la?k vkSj Hkkjrh; 

etnwj la?k vkSj eSa] bl ,dkRerk dk fopkj 

fdlds eu esa gS ;gh loZJs"B Øk;Vsfj;k gSA 

gkykafd ckdh xq.k leqPp;] ;g mldk 

fopkj ckn esa gks ldrk gS ysfdu ;gka lcls 

Js"B ckr ;fn dqN gksxh rks ;g fd Hkkjrh; 

etnwj la?k ds lkFk iw.kZ ,dkRerkA ;g cxSj 

vkn'kZ ds ugha vk ldrhA bl rjg ls 

gekjk gjsd dk;ZdrkZ tks ofd±x xqzi esa gS] 

og fdruk vkn'kZoknh gS] fdruk 

vk;MsafViQkbM (,dkRe) gS vius dk;Z ds 

lkFk ;g gekjh izxfr dh Js"B dlkSVh gSA 

bl fo"k; esa izxfr gksA 

vkn'kZokn vkSj ,dkRerk&gekjs lkFk 

vkus okys tks yksx gSa mudh izxfr gks ;g 

ge pkgrs gSaA vkn'kZokn vkSj ,dkRerk 

tgka jgrh gS ogka cgqr iQdZ iM+ tkrk gS] 

ekuksa mlds vUnj ftrus xq.k gksaxs muds 

iQyLo:i ftruk dk;Z djuk pkfg,] gksuk 

pkfg,] mlls Hkh T;knk dk;Z og djrk gS 

,slk vkidks fn[ksxkA tks ,dkRe ugha gqvk 

og dk;ZdrkZ vkSj tks ,dkRe gqvk gS og 

dk;ZdrkZ] nksuksa esa cgqr vUrj fn[ksxkA vkneh 

cM+k Js"B gS cgqr cqf¼eku gS] pkykd gSa] 

[krjukd gS] lcdqN gS ysfdu dk;Z ds 

lkFk ,dkRe ugha] mldks fo'oluh; dguk 

cM+k dfBu gSA lc dqN gS ysfdu dk;Z ds 

lkFk yxko vyx gh j[krk gS] rks mldks 

Hkjkslsean] fo'louh; le>kuk cM+k dfBu 

dk;ZdrkZ laxBu dh jhM 

gS ftl ij laxBu dk 

ifjp; gksrk gSA laxBu 

egku y{;ksa dks ysdj 

pyrk gSA mls ikus ds 

fy, lgu'khy gksuk 

t:jh gSA 

&nÙkk=ks; gkslcksys 

gSA tks dk;Z ds lkFk iw.kZ ,dkRe gS] dk;Z 

dk lq[k ;kus esjk lq[k] dk;Z dk nq%[k ;kus 

esjk nq%[k] dk;Z dk lEeku ekus esjk lEeku] 

dk;Z dk vieku ekus esjk vieku] bruk 

vk;MsafVfiQds'ku (,dkRerk) ftlds eu 

esa gS] fiQj pkgs mlesa xq.k de jgs] dksbZ 

vkifÙk ugha] og de cqf¼eku jgs] oDrk 

jgs u jgs] bldh fiQdj ugha fdUrq laLFkk 

dh n`f"V ls dk;Z dh n`f"V ls mldh 

fMiksafMcsfyVh] fo'oluh;rk] ;g ekSfyd 

pht gSaA dksbZ cgqr vPNk oDrk cqf¼eku 

gS] cgqr prqj gS iQhYMZ odZ Hkh vPNk 

djrk gS ysfdu dk;Z ds lkFk vkMsafVfiQds'ku 

ugha rks mldh fMisafMfcfyVh de gks tk,xhA 

blfy, ge Lo;a vk;MsafViQkbM gksa] dk;Z 

ds lkFk iwjh rjg ,dkRe gks] vkSj vius 

lkFkh dk;ZdrkZvks dks Hkh gesa vk;MsafViQkbM 

djsaA ;g ckr vko';d gks tkrk gSA 

dk;Z ds lkFk ,dkRerk&tgka 

,dkRerk gS ogka dk;Z djus dk tks


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chM+h etnwjksa dh cPpksa 

dh LdkWyjf'ki c


lkr lw=kh ekaxksa dks ysdj 

etnwj la?k us fudkyk tqywl 

ckxs'ojA mÙkjk[kaM Hkou ,oa 

lfUuekZ.k etnwj la?k ds lnL;ksa us lkr 

lw=kh ekaxksa ds fy, ftyk eq[;ky; esa 

tqywl fudkykA tqywl cl LVs'ku ls 

ckxukFk eafnj gksrs gq, Mh,e dk;kZy; 

igqapkA inkfèkdkfj;ksa us Mh,e ds ekè;e 

ls eq[;ea=kh dks Kkiu HkstkA ljdkj ls 

etnwjksa dk 'kks"k.k can djus vkSj mudh 

lHkh çeq[k leL;kvksa dk tYn funku 

djus dh ekax mBkbZA etnwj la?k ds 

çkarh; vè;{k x.ks'k flag cksjk ds usr`Ro 

esa Jfedksa us ds,evks;w LVs'ku ls tqywl 

fudkykA tqywl LVs'ku ekxZ] pkSd cktkj 

gksdj ckxukFk eafnj x;kA eafnj ls 

Jfed ukjsckth djrs gq, rglhy ekxZ] 

fodkl Hkou gksrs gq, dyDVªsV igqapsA 

Mh,e ds ekè;e ls lh,e dks Hksts 

Kkiu esa Jfedksa us iathd`r Jfedksa ds 

ns; fgrykHk tYn nsus] ftys esa eujsxk 

ds fuekZ.k dk;ksZa esa 'kr çfr'kr iathd`r 

etnwjksa dks jkstxkj nsus] jkstxkj ,DV ds 

rgr lkS fnu dke nsus vkSj eujsxk 

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vaèkkèkqaèk isM+ksa dh dVkbZ ij 

yxkbZ tk, jksd 

Vhdexrk jgrk gSA ftlesa mldh 

'kkjhfjd ,oa ekufld chekjh çeq[k gSA 

çnw"k.k ds dkj.k tyok;q esa Hkh vle; 

dbZ çdkj ds ifjorZu gkss jgss gSaA vle; 

o"kkZ] ck


BMS us drj esa çoklh dkexkjksa ds ekuoh; vfèkdkjksa 

ds mYya?ku ij trkbZ fpark 

Hkkjrh; ukxfjd jkstxkj ds fy, 

[kkM+h ns'kksa dk #[k dj jgs gS ysfdu 

[kkM+h ns'kksa esa dke djus okys Hkkjrh;ksa dh 

fLFkfr dkiQh fparktud gSA Hkkjrh; etnwj 

la?k ;kfu ch,e,l Hkkjr dk lcls cM+k 

dsaæh; VªsM ;wfu;u gksus ds ukrs ekuo 

vfèkdkjksa ls xgjk lacaèk j[krk gS fygkt+k 

Hkkjrh; ukxfjdksa ds ekuoh; vfèkdkjksa ds 

guu ds eqís ij viuh fpark O;Dr dh gSA 

Hkkjrh; etnwj la?k ds jk"Vªh; egklfpo 

fou; flUgk us [kkM+h ns'kksa esa dke djus 

okys Hkkjrh; ukxfjdksa dks ysdj tkjh ,d 

çsl foKfIr esa viuh fpark,a tkfgj dh gSA 

drj esa çoklh dkexkjksa] fo'ks"kdj Hkkjrh;ksa 

ds vfèkdkjksa dk mYya?kuA dbZ ekuokfèkdkj 

ij ut+j j[kus okyh laLFkkvksa us gky gh esa 

drj esa Hkkjrh; dkexkjksa dh xqyke tSlh 

dke djus dh fLFkfr dh lwpuk nh gSA 

iQhiQk fo'o di dh estckuh djus tk jgs 

[kM+h ns'k ds lacaèk esa ;g è;ku j[kuk 

t:jh gS fd 2014 ls vc rd bl ns'k esa 

1611 Hkkjrh; çokfl;ksa dh ekSr gks pqdh 

gSA ogha e`rdksa ds vo'ks"kksa dh ?kj okil 

ds fy, ifjokjksa dks yEcs le; dk bartkj 

djuk iM+kA dkiQyk ç.kkyh us Hkkjr ds 

lkFk&lkFk vU; nf{k.kh ,f'k;k ds Jfedksa 

ds fy, xaHkhj fpUrk,a iSnk dh gSaA 

drj esa ,f'k;kbZ ns'kksa ds ukxfjdksa ds 

ikliksVZ dh tCrh] vksojVkbe dk dke] 

;gka rd fd dSfn;ksa tSlh fLFkfr] rax vkokl] 

;kSu 'kks"k.k] tcju dke djokuk Jfedksa 

ds fy, cM+h ekufld ihM+k dk dkj.k jgk 

gSA 

tsusok esa vk;ksftr varjkZ"Vªh; Je 

lEesyu ds 110osa l=k esa ch,e,l çfrfufèk 

27 ebZ ls 11 twu 2022 ds nkSjku ljdkj 

vkSj VªsM ;wfu;u ds lkeus bl eqís dks mBk 

pqds gSaA ogha drj ds jktnwr ls ch,e,l 

us bl ekeys esa fojksèk ntZ djk;k gSA Hkkjr 

esa Hkh BMS us Je ea=kky; vkSj fons'k 

ea=kky;] Hkkjr ljdkj ls bu eqíksa ij è;ku 

nsus ekax dh gS 

drj esa lHkh Hkkjrh; dkexkjksa ds 

ekuokfèkdkjksa dk lEeku fd;k tkus dks 

lqfuf'pr fd;k tk;s] e`R;q ds ekeys esa 

e`rd ds vo'ks"kksa dks rqjar Hkkjr fHktok;k 

tk, vkSj ;g ykxr drj ljdkj ;k HR 

dEifu;ksa }kjk ogu dh tk,A 

çHkkfor ifjokj dks eqvkotk nsus o 

çoklu ds fdlh Hkh mYya?ku ds ekeys esa 

HR ,tsafl;ksa ls l[rh ls fuiVk tk,A ;fn 

drj ljdkj bu ekspks± ij ldkjkRed dkjZokbZ 

ugha djrh gS rks BMS jk"Vªh; vkSj varjk"Vªh; 

Lrj ij bl eqís dks mBk,xkA 

;wfu;u ekU;rk pquko esa ch,e,l dks lg;ksx 

fHkykbZA fHkykbZ bLikr etnwj 

la?k us vius tulaidZ vfHk;ku ds 

rgr cksfj;k xsV ds Hkkjr cktkj esa 

deZpkfj;ksa ls laidZ fd;k rFkk vkus 

okys ;wfu;u ekU;rk pquko esa ch,e,l 

dks lg;ksx djus dh vihy dhA 

yksxksa ls fey jgs iQhMcSd rFkk ppkZvksa 

ls ,d ckr rks Li"V gks xbZ fd ftl 

çdkj ls ost fjohtu esa dfeZ;ksa dk 

uqdlku gqvk gS vkSj blds ckn xzsP;qVh 

lhy gqbZ gSA mlls deZpkjh cgqr 

ukjkt gSa rFkk cnyko ds ewM esa gSA 

mudk loky gS fd ftu rhu 

;wfu;uksa us vuqcaèk ij gLrk{kj fd, 

Fks vkSj bls ,sfrgkfld le>kSrk crk,a 

os vc dgka gS vfèkdkfj;ksa dks rks 

15 iQhln ,elhch rFkk 35 Qhln 

ikDlZ fey x;k lkFk gh ,fj;j dk 

idZl Hkh fey x;k ij vc loky 

;g gS fd mUgsa 15 iQhln ]35iQhln 

fey ldrk gS rks deZpkfj;ksa ds 13 

iQhln] 26-5 iQhln ij gLrk{kj fdl 

fglkc ls fd, FksA mlds ckn Hkh 

deZpkfj;ksa dh xzsP;qVh lhfyax gks xbZA 

ftlesa yk[kksa dk uqdlku Li"V fn[k 

jgk gSA 


cdk;k Hkqxrku dks ysdj vk'kk 

dk;ZdrkZvksa us fd;k çn'kZu 

vacsMdjuxjA cdk;k Hkwxrku u gksus 

ds fojksèk esa dysDVªsV ds fudV vk'kk o 

vk'kk lafxuh us gtkjksa dh la[;k esa ,d=k 

gksdj viuh ekaxksa dks ysdj èkjuk çn'kZu 

fd;kA dk;ZØe dh eq[; vfrfFk çns'k vè;{k 

ehjk flag jghaA dk;ZØe dks lacksfèkr djrs 

gq, mUgksaus dgk fd ljdkj dh vksj ls u rks 

ckj[k.M esa 13] caxky esa 11] 

xqtjkr esa Kkiu fn, x,A byds vykok iatkc] 

gfj;k.kk] fnYyh] fcgkj] vka/zizns'k ds dqN 

ftyksa esa Hkh ftyk dysDVj dks Kkiu fn;k 

x;kA 

Kkiu nsus ls igys vf/dka'k ftyksa esa 

igys /juk izn'kZu ,oa xks"Bh ij inkf/dkfj;ksa 

}kjk mifLFkfr yksxksa dks crk;k x;k fd Hkkela?k 

5 twu dh txg 28 vxLr dks i;kZoj.k fnol 

eukrk gSA


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ekuns; ds fy;s vkaxuckM+h 

dk;Zdrkvksa us çn'kZu dj lkSaik 

Kkiu 

HkhyokM+k(jktLFkku)A Hkkjrh; etnwj 

la?k ls lEcfUèkr vkaxuckM+h dk;ZdrkZ] 

lgkf;dk o vk'kk lg;ksfxfu;ksa us çns'k 

egkea=kh] jkèkk 'kekZ o Jfed usrk çHkk"k 

pkSèkjh o ftykè;{k 'kSysUæ flag jkBkSM+ ds 

usr`Ro esa ftyk dysDVj ds ekè;e ls 

çèkkuea=kh o eq[;ea=kh ds uke çn'kZu dj 

Kkiu çsf"kr fd;kA 

vkaxuckM+h çns'k egkea=kh jkèkk 'kekZ 

us crk;k fd ftys dh 12 ifj;kstukvksa dh 

500 ls vfèkd vkaxuckM+h dk;ZdrkZ] 

lgkf;dkvksa dk ekuns; ljdkjksa dh vkilh 

jktuhfrd yM+kbZ ds dkj.k ekpZ 2022 ls 

ebZ 2022 rd dk dsUæ ljdkj }kjk fn;k 

tkus okyk ekuns; ugha feyk gSA 

vè;{k 'kSysUæ flag jkBkSM+ us crk;k 

fd jkT; ljdkj dsUæ ljdkj ds iSls ds 

mi;ksx dk çek.k i=k ugha Hkst ikbZ] ftldk 

n.M vkaxuckM+h dfeZ;ksa dks Hkqxruk iM+ 

jgk gSA 

Jfed usrk çHkk"k pkSèkjh us dgk fd 

10 fnu ds vUnj cdk;k ekuns; o Lo;a 

lgk;rk lewg ds iks"kkgkj dk Hkqxrku 

vfoyEc djkosa vU;Fkk mxz vkanksyu fd;k 

tk;sxkA 

vk'kk lg;ksfxu jk"Vªh; mikè;{k 

lq'khyk tks'kh us dgk fd ftys esa 1500 ls 

vfèkd vk'kkvksa dks ljdkj us vkuu&iQkuu 

esa efgyk cky fodkl foHkkx ls fpfdRlk 

foHkkx Hkst fn;k] fiNys 6 ekg ls ekuns; 

dk Hkqxrku ugha gqvkA vkbZ-lh-Mh-,l- foHkkx 

o fpfdRlk foHkkx ds vfèkdkfj;ksa esa ekuns; 

dks ysdj la'k; cuk gqvk gSA 

çn'kZu ds nkSjku vk-ck- deZpkjh la?k 

vè;{k jtuh 'kDrkor] egkea=kh deys'k 

gkM+k] vk'kk lg;ksxhu deZpkjh la?k dh 

egkea=kh lhrk lksuh] fo|qr egkla?k ds çns'k 

mikè;{k tqEek dkBkr] Hkkela mikè;{k 

jktsUæ flag vkck[ksM+h] txnh'k oS".ko] NksVh 

thuxj] eatq lqokydk] dapu cykbZ] vack 

xksLokeh] vk'kk HkV~V] pEiklksuh] uUnw u:dk] 

y{eh [kVhd] ek;k 'kekZ] dkeuk nsjkJh] 

larks"k daoj vkfn mifLFkr jgsA 

lhlh,y dksy;jh deZpkjh la?k 

dk nks fnolh; ;qok vH;kl 

oxZ laiUu 

jtjIik dks;ykapy fLFkr 

lh,eihVhvkbZ Hkou esa vk;ksftr lhlh,y 

dksfy;jh deZpkjh la?k dk nks fnolh; ;qok 

vH;kl oxZ dk;ZØe 22 twu dks laiUu 

gqvkA bl vH;kl oxZ esa jtjIik] dqtw o 

gtkjhckx {ks=k ds 50 dk;ZdrkZvksa dks dbZ 

tkudkfj;ka nh xbZaA dk;ZØe ds vafre fnu 

lhlh,y lhds,l ds laxBu ea=kh jkes'oj 

eaMy] ea=kh fuxZq.k egrks] vejukFk oekZ] 

{ks= ds ofj"B dk;ZdrkZ paæ'ks[kj pkSèkjh o 

vf[ky Hkkjrh; [knku etnwj la?k ds dk;Zdkjh 

vè;{k egsaæ flag }kjk çf'k{k.k fn;k x;kA 

ftlesa lh,eih,iQ] isa'ku] lhihvkj& ,e,l] 

esfMflu Ldhe] LdkWyjf'ki] lks'ky flD;ksfjVh 

,oa laxBukRed igyqvksa ds izeq[k :i ls 

FksA var esa gtkjhckx {ks=k ds lfpo Lo- 

'kadj flag ds fiNys ekg gq, vkdfLed 

fuèku gks tkus ij nks feuV dk ekSu j[kdj 

J¼katfy vfiZr dh xbZA dk;ZØe dh 

vè;{krk jtjIik ds {ks=kh; vè;{k fo'kky 

dqekj o lapkyu dsaæh; ea=kh ,oa jtjIik 

{ks=k ds çHkkjh fuxZq.k egrks us fd;kA bl 

ekSds ij jtjIik {ks=k ds lfpo vfuy 

çlkn] ujsaæ yky nkl] paæ'ks[kj flag lfgr 

dbZ x.kekU; tu mifLFkr jgsA vH;kl oxZ 

esa 50 dk;ZdrkZvksa dks çf'k{k.k fn;k x;kA 

vkxjk {ks=k dk ftyk 

vfèkos'ku laiUu 

Hkkjrh; etnwj la?k vkxjk {ks=k dk 

ftyk vfèkos'ku 26 twu dks ljLorh fo|k 

eafnj] lqHkk"k ikdZ ij gqvkA vè;{krk 

ftykè;{k ukjk;.k flag ;kno us dhA 'kqHkkjaHk 

iwoZ ea=kh MkW- th,l èkeZs'k] foèkk;d iq#"kksÙke 

[kaMsyoky o vU; vfrfFk;ksa us fd;kA eq[; 

oDrk ds :i esa 'kadj yky ekStwn jgsA 

vfèkos'ku esa vkxjk {ks=k dh ubZ dk;Zdkfj.kh 

dk pquko gqvkA loZlEefr ls v'kksd dqekj 

'kekZ ftykè;{k] dsih,l oekZ] uhys'k 'kekZ] 

çrki flag dks mikè;{k] eqds'k flag pkgj 

ftyk ea=kh o vU; dks ftEesnkjh nh xbZAcalh 

cnu >k] nsos'k cktis;h] Mhlh 'kekZ vkfn 

ekStwn jgsA 

etnwjksa us fgaMkYdks eq[;ky; 

ds ckgj fd;k çn'kZu 

yksgjnxkA Hkkjrh; etnwj la?k ls lac¼ 

fcgkj fefujYl etnwj laxBu dh vxqvkbZ 

esa 21 twu dks fgaMkYdks }kjk lapkfyr 

yksgjnxk lkbfMax ds etnwjksa us çn'kZu fd;kA 

blds lkFk gh Hkkela?k ls tqM+s etnwjksa us 

'kgjh {ks=k esa tqywl fudkydj 'kfDr çn'kZu 

fd;kA fgaMkYdks daiuh }kjk lapkfyr yksgjnxk 

lkbfMax dks jktuhfrd ny ds ncko esa 

lkft'k ds rgr nwljs LFkku ij ys tkus vkSj 

15 lky ls dk;Zjr rhu lkS Jfedksa dks 

csjkstxkj djus ds "kM~;a=k ds f[kykiQ etnwjksa 

us fgaMkYdks xsV ij vkØks'k iw.kZ çn'kZu 

fd;kA blls igys etnwjksa us Hkkela?k ds 

egkea=kh Jh jkepaæ xksi ds usr`Ro esa yksgjnxk 

lkbfMax cl LVSaM ls ysdj fgaMkYdks xsV 

rd jSyh fudkydj viuk fojksèk trk;kA 

bl nkSjku vè;{k bXuwl csad] mikè;{k 

ykyq çlkn] ea=kh euh"k fo'odekZ] lqjsaæ 

dqekj nqcs] laxBu ea=kh ijes'oj egrks] 

lkbfMax ds vè;{k jfo egyh] vfuy mjkao 

,oa uudk valkjh fo'ks"k :i ls mifLFkr 

jgsA èkjuk dks lacksfèkr djrs gq, jkepaæ 

xksi us dgk fd fgaMkYdks daiuh yksgjnxk 

lkbfMax ds etnwjksa ds lkFk vU;k; can djsA 

;fn ,slk ugha gksrk gS rks lkbfMax ds etnwj 

mxz vkanksyu ds fy, etcwj gksaxsA mUgksaus 

dgk fd çnw"k.k rks cgkuk gS] ;g lkjk [ksy 

jktuhfrd ny dk gSA çnw"k.k dgka ugha gSA 

D;k te'ksniqj] jkaph] èkuckn vkSj cksdkjks 

esa ugha gSA ykyw çlkn us dgk fd lkbfMax 

dks fdlh Hkh gkyr esa tkus ugha nsaxsA euh"k 

fo'odekZ us dgk fd fgaMkYdks tgka Hkh 

lkbfMax [kksyus tk,xh] ogha ij fojksèk 

gksxkA lqjsaæ dqekj nqcs us dgk fd daiuh dks 

vPNh lykg nh tk jgh gS fd yksgjnxk 

lkbfMax tSls py jgk gS] oSls gh pyus fn;k 

tk,A blh esa daiuh dh HkykbZ gSA jfo 

egyh us dgk fd vxyk èkjuk jkT;iky 

vkokl ds le{k fd;k tk,xkA uudk valkjh 

us çn'kZu dks lacksfèkr djrs gq, dgk fd 

;fn dksbZ deh gS rks ljdkj crk, vkSj ugha 

rks lkft'k djuk can djsA bl ekSds ij 

vfuy mjkao] uhyef.k mjkao] Hkqus'oj ;kno 

vkfn ekStwn FksA


deZpkfj;ksa dh ekax dks 

ysdj lkSaik Kkiu 

22 twu dks mÙkj çns'k jksMost deZpkjh 

la?k ds çkarh; egkea=kh o Hkkjrh; ifjogu 

etnwj egkla?k ds uofuokZfpr jk"Vªh; vè;{k 

Jh jekdkar lpku ds usr`Ro esa ,d 

çfrfufèkeaMy us çcaèk funs'kd Jh vkjih- 

flag ls eqykdkr dj fofHkUu fo"k;ksa ij 

i=k çsf"kr fd;kA bl nkSjku ofj"B çns'k 

mikè;{k Jh jkds'k dqekj flag] çns'k mi 

egkea=kh Jh v:.k Hkkuq frokjh vkSj çns'k 

ea=kh Jh lR; ukjk;.k ;kno mifLFkr jgsA 

i=k ds tfj, ftu fo"k;ksa dh vksj è;ku 

vkdf"kZr fd;k x;k gS muesa E T M e'khuksa 

dh lIykbZ u fd, tkus ls ifjogu fuxe 

ds lapkyu o vk; çHkkfor gksus] ifjpkydksa 

dh HkrhZ o vU; deZpkfj;ksa dh HkrhZ tse 

iksVZy ds ekè;e ls fd, tkus dk fojksèk 

fd;s tkus] ifjogu fuxe dks lcls T;knk 

vkfFkZd uqdlku MXxkekj ls gksus vkSj 

ljdkj }kjk mBk, x, dneksa ls ykHk] 

rduhdh deZpkfj;ksa vkbZVhvkbZ] vkmV lkslZ 

deZpkfj;ksa dks U;wure fuèkkZfjr osru fn;s 

tkus] 'kklu dh LFkkukarj.k uhfr dks ifjogu 

fuxe vko';d lsok gksus ds dkj.k blesa 

f'kfFky djus] LFkkukarj.k uhfr ds vuqlkj 

la?k ds fuorZeku inkfèkdkfj;ksa dk Hkh 2 

o"kZ rd LFkkukarj.k u fd;s tkus tSlh ekax 

çeq[k gSaA çcaèk funs'kd egksn; us jk"Vªh; 

vè;{k Jh jekdkar lpku dk Lokxr vkSj 

vfHkuUnu Hkh fd;kA 

dksjckA dks;yk etnwjksa dk 11 oka 

osru le>kSrk dh vofèk 'kq: gq, 12 ekg 

chr jgs gSa] ij vHkh rd osrueku dk fuèkkZj.k 

ugha gks ldkA blls dks;yk dkexkjksa esa 

ukjktxh O;kIr gSA vf[ky Hkkjrh; [knku 

etnwj la?k (ch,e,l) us bl ij vkifÙk 

trkrs gq, dgk gS fd 'kh?kz gh fu.kZ; ugha 

fy;k tkrk gS rks vkanksyu dk jkLrk vf[r;kj 

fd;k tk,xkA 

lkmFk bLVuZ dksyfiQYMl fyfeVsM lesr 

dksy bafM;k dh vU; laca¼ daifu;ksa esa 

dk;Zjr yxHkx 2-50 yk[k dks;yk dkexkjksa 

dk ,d tqykbZ 2021 ls u;k osrueku ykxw 

gks pqdk gS] ij vHkh rd bl ij dksbZ fu.kZ; 

J¼s; nÙkksiar BsaxM+h th ij 

dsafær lkIrkfgd foosd ds 

fo'ks"kkad dk çdk'ku 

iq.ksA Hkkjrh; etnwj la?k ,oa 

lkIrkfgd foosd ds la;qDr rRokèkku esa 

if=kdk dk fo'ks"kkad çdkf'kr fd;k x;k 

gSA Jh fopkj egf"kZ nÙkksiar BsaxMh fo'ks"kkad 

dk foekspu Jh mn;jko iVoèkZu] ekla?kpkyd 

fiaijh fpapoM+ ftyk Jh fouksn 

caly rFkk ekla?kpkyd nsgw xV Jh 

ujs'k xqIrk th dh xfjeke;h mifLFkfr esa 

gqvkA iq.ks esa vk;ksftr dk;ZØe dk çkjaHk 

Hkkjr ekrk] Hkxoku fo'odekZ] nÙkksiarth] 

MkW- ';kekçlkn eq[kthZ dh çfrekvksa dh 

iwtk ls dh xbZA x.kekU; O;fDr;ksa ds 

Lokxr ds ckn fo'ks"kkad foekspu lekjksg 

dk vk;kstu fd;k x;kA Jh v'kksd Fkksjkr 

}kjk Jfed xhr dk lknj fd;k vkSj iq.ks 

ftyk Hkk e- la?k }kjk èkU;okn çLrko 

JhvtZqu pOgk.k us fd;kA bl dk;ZØe esa 

etnwj vkanksyu ds ofj"B usrk] dk;ZdrkZ] 

vfèkdkjh vkSj ifjokj ds vU; la?kBu ds 

dk;kZdrkZ cM+h la[;k esa dk;ZdrkZ ekStwn 

FksA dk;ZØe dk lapkyu Hkkjrh; laj{k.k 

dkexkj la?k nsgqjksM iq.ks }kjk fd;k x;kA 

nsgqjksMy Nkouh cksMZ ds ç'kkld vkSj Jh 

dSyklth ikuljs us Hkh nÙkksiar ds dk;ksZa 

ij çdk'k Mkyk vkSj fo'ks"k vad ds fy, 

cèkkbZ nhA çLrkfor Hkk"k.k Hkkjrh; etnwj 

la?k ds egkjk"Vª çns'k mikè;{k Jh tfyaèkj 

dkacys us fn;kA 


Hksy Hkksiky dh ch,e,l 

;wfu;u cuh uacj ,d 

HkksikyA Hksy ;wfu;u ds pquko 23 twu 

dks laiUu gq,A lqcg vkB ls 'kke ikap cts rd 

ernku gqvk FkkA nsj jkr pquko ds ifj.kke 

vk,A blesa Hkkjrh; etnwj la?k (ch,e,l) 

dks 657 oksV feys rFkk og igys uacj ij vkbZA 

nwljs uacj ij ,p,e,l ;wfu;u vkbZ gSA ftls 

488 oksV feys gSaA rhljs ij Hksy vky bafM;k 

,EIykbZ ;wfu;u (,cq) vkbZ gSA ,cq dks 474 

oksV feys gSaA ogha lhVw ;wfu;u pkSFks LFkku vkbZ 

gSA baVd ;wfu;u dks gkj dk lkeuk djuk iM+k 

gSA blds ckn thrus okyh çeq[k rhu ;wfu;uksa us 

thr dh [kqf'k;ka eukbZaA Hkkela?k dk;ZdrkZvksa us 

iVk[ks iQksM+dj thr dh [kq'kh trkbZA crk nsa fd 

pkj lky ds dk;Zdky ds fy, Hksy ;wfu;u ds 

pquko gksrs gSaA erksa ds vkèkkj ij uacj ,d] nks 

vkSj rhu çfrfufèk ;wfu;u pqurs gSaA ;s rhuksa 

;wfu;uksa ds inkfèkdkjh Hksy çcaèku dh fpfdRlk] 

f'k{kk] dSaVhu lfgr vU; lfefr;ksa esa lnL; 

cuk, tkrs gSa] ftlls ;wfu;uksa ds inkfèkdkjh 

deZpkfj;ksa dh leL;k,a Hksy çcaèku ds le{k 

mBk ldsaA 

jke cpu pkSjfl;k cus Vsaiks 

pkyd la?k ds vè;{k 

lardchjuxjA Hkkjrh; etnwj la?k dh 

cSBd 25 twu dks d`f"k Hkou fLFkr fdlku 

dY;k.k dsaæ ds lHkkxkj esa ch,e,l ds 

mikè;{k jkèks';ke xkSre dh vè;{krk esa 

laiUu gqbZA blesa Vsaiks pkyd la?k dk xBu 

fd;k x;kA blesa jke cpu pkSjfl;k dks 

vè;{k pquk x;kA 

dks;yk dfeZ;ksa dk osru le>kSrk 12 ekg ckn Hkh 'kq#vkrh nkSj ij 

ugha gks ldk gSA osrueku fuèkkZj.k ds fy, 

xfBr Jfed la?k çfrfufèk;ksa dh tschlhlhvkbZ 

desVh us çcaèku ds le{k 50 iQhln c


11 

ns'k ds lfoZl lsDVj esa vLFkkbZ rkSj ij 

dke djus okys fMyhojh Cok;] IysViQkeZ 

odZlZ ;k Bsds ij dke djus okys nwljs lHkh 

dkexkjksa dh fLFkfr ij ljdkj dk è;ku x;k 

gSA uhfr vk;ksx dh rjiQ ls rS;kj fjiksVZ esa 

ljdkj dks lq>ko fn;k x;k gS fd lHkh rjg 

ds fxx odZlZ dks lekftd lqjlq{kk tSls 

lsisM yho] chek gksus okys Nqêh] chek] 

lsokfuo`fÙk ds ckn ds ykHk tSlh lqfoèkk,a nsus 

dh O;oLFkk dh tk,A fjiksVZ esa dgk x;k gS 

fd vxys vkB&ukS o"k± esa ns'k esa l`ftr dqy 

jkstxkj dk 4-1 çfr'kr bl rjg ds vLFkkbZ 

dkexkjksa dk gh gksxkA 

fjiksVZ ds eqrkfcd iwjh nqfu;k esa ftl 

rjg ls bdksueh esa cnyko gks jgk gS mls 

ns[krs gq, fxx odZlZ dh la[;k c


Pt. Deendayal Upadhyaya 


Super Money of Machine Over Man 

Machines are the most 

common form of capital. Machines 

were created in order to reduce the 

content of physical labour in 

production and to increase the 

productivity of the worker. 

Machines, therefore, are an 

assistant of the worker and not his 

competitor. However, where the 

human labour came to be 

considered as a commodity to be 

purchased with money, the machine 

became the competitor of the human 

being. The principal drawback of 

the capitalist viewpoint lies in the 

fact that by making the machine a 

competitor of human labour, and 

thereby displacing and subjecting a 

human being to deprivation 

privations, the very purpose of 

creating machines has been 

defeated. Machines cannot be 

blamed for this. It is the fault of the 

economic and social system which 

cannot distinguish between the 

object and the instrument. It is only 

after considering the limitations of 

the machine that one has to decide 

upon its usefulness. From this point 

of view, to import machinery from 

Western countries, where shortage 

of manpower was the guiding 

factor in the design of machines, 

would be a serious mistake. The 

merits of machines are not 

independent of time and place. 

Machines are a product of modern 

science but not its representatives. 

Scientific knowledge is not a 

monopoly of any particular country. 

But its application has to take into 

account the particular condition of 

each country and its requirements. 

Our machines must not only be 

tailored for our specific economic 

needs, but must also, at least, avoid 

conflict with our socio-political and 

cultural objectives. 

The Seven M’s-Professor 

Visweswarayya has said in one of 

his books that, while considering the 

system of production, one must 

take into account the seven M’s. 

These are man, material, money, 

management, motive power, market 

and machine. The skill and ability 

of the workers or those who should 

be provided work must be 

considered. Easy availability of the 

required raw material, and the 

quality and properties of the raw 

material available cannot be ignored. 

We must also think of how much 

money is available as capital. How 

this capital can be increased and at 

what rate? How best can it be 

utilised for maximum production? 

How much of it should be put in 

fixed assets and how much should 

be kept in liquid form? We must also 

pay attention to the forms of power 

available in the country, in addition 

to the human and animal labour. 

Wind, water, steam, oil, gas, 

electricity and atomic power can 

supply the motive power. Of these, 

which form of power can be 

obtained, in what quantity without 

being uneconomic, must be thought 

of while deciding upon our methods 

of production. In the same way, 

managerial skills are also important 

and deserve due attention. If the 

ability to co-ordinate the efforts of 

a dozen workers is wanting, all of 

them will remain unemployed. It is 

also necessary to think of the 

usefulness of the goods produced 

to the society. This means that 

production of any particular 

commodity cannot be justified 

economically without the 

consideration of the market it 

commands. Taking into consideration 

all these factors we should 

design suitable machines. Instead, 

we find nowadays, that we install 

the machines first and try to 

coordinate all other factors 

afterwards. Other countries of the 

world did not progress in this 

fashion. Otherwise, new machines 

would not have been invented. We 

are importing the machine and hence 

we have little knowledge. We shall 

have to develop a Bharatiya 

technology. 

None of the seven factors is 

unchangeable. In fact, each one 

keeps constantly changing. Those 

who are entrusted with the task of 

planning, must think of how the 

change is directed towards 

progress, how physical hardship is 

reduced, and waste of energy is 

minimised. As an illustration, let us 

take the low productivity of our 

worker. It can be increased by 

using machines, and it is necessary 

to do so. But if the machine is such 

that the requires only a few men to 

run it, then the rest of the people 

will be thrown out of employment. 

If the machine has to be imported 

from other countries at such a heavy 

cost, that the additional production 

it causes will be insufficient to make 

it economic, then such a machine 

is not suitable to our requirements. 

Just as to let a part of the installed 

capacity of a factory remain 

unutilized, is a losing proposition, 

so also to let the people of this 

country remain unemployed is a 

losing proposition. Nay, this is even 

worse. Whereas a machine eats up 

only the capital invested in it in the 

past, the unemployed people have 

to be fed, which is a continuous and 

unending drain on resources, 

consumed at double the speed. 

Therefore, instead of the usual 

exhortation of “Every worker must 

get food” we must think of 

“Everyone who eats must get 

work”, as the basis of our economy. 

No doubt the charkha has to be 

replaced by machines, but not 

necessarily automatic machines 

everywhere. Full employment must 

be a primary consideration, and 

then the rest of the six factors suit 

this. Contd...


13 

The 110th International 

Conference of International Labour 

Organisation (ILO) Plenary session 

has started on 29th June 2022 on VC 

mode at Geneva, Switzerland and 

concluded on 11th June 2022. This 

time ILC went on Hybrid mode (Both 

Physical and Online Participation). In 

the inaugural session, the Chairman, 

the Director General have addressed 

the session and put forth the agenda 

of the ILC 2022. The Indian workers 

group and Indian employers group 

reached Geneva in 4-5 batches due\ 

to non-availability of seats in 

different Airlines’ flights. The 

Government of India has decided to 

send Indian delegation physically. 

Hon. Minister of Labour and 

Employment Sri Bhupendra Yadav 

was the leader of the delegation. The 

Workers group was led by Shri 

Hiranmaya Pandya, President of BMS 

and Employers group was led by Smt 

Soma Mondol Chairperson of 

SCOPE. Members of Workers’ 

Group:- Shri Hiranmaya Pandya , 

National President of BMS was the 

DELEGATE of Workers Group and 

all the 11 persons were the Advisors 

for Delegate. The Delegate will 

appoint Advisors as Members in 

different committees as per their 

choice and interest. Names of 

Advisors : From BMS - Shri Binoy 

Kumar Sinha; Shri B.Surendran; Smt. 

Neeta Chobey; and Kum.Anjali 

Patel; HMS-Shri Harbhajan Singh 

and Ms. Champa Verma; AITUC-Shri 

Suhas Naik and Smt. Leena Chatterjee 

Basu ; CITU- Shri Karumalaiyan and 

Mrs Usha Rani; SEWA- Ms.Sonia 

George . Vote in favour of Maritime 

Labour Convention (MLC)2006: 

Regarding Maritime Labour 

Convention (MLC) 2006, BMS has 

approached both the Employers and 

Government of India’s Officials and 

requested to support the workers’ 

interests. The Indian Government 

Officials responded positively and 

voted in favour of Workers. Sri 

International Labour Conference meetings 2022: 

Highlights & amp; Role of BMS 

Hiranmaya Pandya, Workers’ 

Delegate and President of BMS has 

voted on all 8 points in favour of 

Seafarers’ interests. 

Attractive exhibition on 

Forced Labour : 

A very informative and 

attractive pictorial exhibition has 

been arranged on the Ground floor. 

On 8th June there was a meeting about 

the exhibition. 140 paintings from 48 

countries have sent their paintings in 

an international competition 

arranged by ILO. The theme of the 

Exhibition is - “Through their eyes 

VISIONS of Forced Labour”. ITUC 

General Secretary Sharan Burrow was 

the main speaker. From India, two 

paintings were selected. Painters are 

-Miss. Walanj Priyanka and Mr. 

Paresh Nath. In the meeting, a special 

Prize was given to Pakistan Student 

Miss Hira Kazmi. Salient points of 

Indian Delegate’s speech at Plenary 

session - 

Sri Hiranmaya Pandya 

highlighted the problems of Migrant 

labour in the Post pandemic scenario. 

He said that “the mass migration of 

labour from one country to another 

and within a country is a key labour 

problem for want of an appropriate 

frame of Laws”. He explained the 

dilly-dallying tactics of Gigantic 

Industries and MNC’s which do not 

observe uniform 

2 Labour Standards in the 

Country. Expressed concerns over the 

problems faced by women workers. 

Mr Pandya said that -lots of women 

working in areas like the garment, 

beedi and other industries face issues 

of basic services, sexiest assaults and 

other forms of harassment. He 

strongly felt the need for employment 

generated growth with workers’ 

rights. 

BMS intervention in 

Employment group - new agenda 

point added: In this Committee, there 

were discussions on Productivity 

Linkage with Wages. The Employers 

Group strongly advocated for this 

issue. They felt that the wages to be 

linked with Production, if 

productivity reduces, the Wages 

should also be reduced. Sri B. 

Surendran, BMS India has 

vehemently opposed this proposal. 

He suggested the floor not to accept 

this point. The mindset of Employers 

was different. Many times, the 

Employers will not show the real 

figure of production. It is our 

experience in India, that even after 

increasing the production the Bonus 

and incentives were not increased. 

This experience is not limited only 

to Private Enterprises but also to 

Public Sector Enterprises and 

Government Enterprises also. India’s 

proposal has been supported by 

Denmark, Lebanon, Norway, 

Netherlands, Bahamas and 

Philippines. 

In the Employment Committee 

Sri B. Surendran, Organising 

Secretary of BMS has spoken about 

the dangers of – “Artificial 

Intelligence” which replaces humans 

with Machines. The new concept of 

“Work from Home” is also a 

dangerous phenomenon which is 

affecting work life balance of 

employees. In India family life is also 

affected. So, there should be some 

regulations to manage this. After a 

prolonged discussions, the 

Employment committee has accepted 

the suggestion and added it as a part 

of agenda points. The Chair 

specifically mentioned this new 

agenda in his speech and this will 

appear as Algorhythamic 

Management and Right to disconnect 

in future World of Work Summit: 

As a part of ILC, World of Work 

Summit has arranged on 10th June 

2022 at the Plenary Hall. Sri 

Bhupendra Yadav, Hon. Union 

Minister of Labour and Employment, 

Government of India was the one of 

the panellists in this high-level Panel 

discussion.


The theme of the discussion 

was - “Tackling multiple global 

crisis: Promoting human centred 

recovery and resilience”. In his 

eloquent and extempore speech Sri 

Yadav has given replies to different 

questions raised by moderator in all 

the three parts. He brought laurels to 

India. There were 6 panellist 

representing different agencies. On 

behalf of Workers Mr. Omar Faruk 

Osman Nur, General Secretary, 

Federation of Somali Trade Unions, 

Federal Republic of Somalia has 

participated Honorable Ministers’ 

meeting with Employees’ and 

Employers’ Groups: 

Sri Rameshwar Teli, Hon. MOS 

for Labour and Employment has 

attended the ILC from 7th to 9th June. 

He interacted with Employers and 

Employees together and got 

feedback and suggestions from 

participants On 11th morning, Hon 

Minister Sri Bhupendra Yadav had a 

lengthy meeting with both 

Employees and Employers 

representatives in detail. Aanganwadi 

Workers of both BMS & CITU 

has brought, Aanganwadi workers 

problems to the notice of the 

Minister. 

3 Kum. Anjali Patel of BMS has 

informed the Minister that many 

States have not yet given the 

enhanced honorarium and Insurance 

coverage. She also explained the 

difficulties phased by both 

Aanganwadi and ASHA workers. The 

Minister accepted to call a special 

meeting of these two categories of 

workers. He directed the Labour 

Secretary to call the meeting at an 

earliest possible date. Each Central 

Trade Union has to deputy three 

representatives from Anganwadi and 

ASHA federations for this meeting. 

Sri Binay Kumar Sinha, General 

Secretary of BMS has requested the 

Minister to implement the Wage 

Code and Social Security Code 

immediately. BMS feels that these 

two codes will bring new lights in the 

lives of Un Organised Sector workers 

including Gig and Platform workers. 

The Minister responded positively to 

the suggestions of BMS and 

promised to arrange a special meeting 

with CTUOs leaders soon to take final 

decision on implementation. 

Sri Hiranmaya Pandya, 

President of BMS and also leader of 

the Workers group has suggested 

action plans required as a follow up 

of the ILC. The Minister-has accepted 

to establish an exclusive mechanism 

to make the follow-up of the ILC of 

ILO. Meeting with DG ILO Mr Guy 

Ryder: 

Mr Guy Ryder, the outgoing 

Director-General of ILO has 

addressed the workers’ group on 3rd 

June 2022 in a packed hall. He 

narrated the changing scenario of the 

world of work in post covid period 

and reminded the new roles and new 

strategies to be adopted by the Trade 

Unions. After his speech, the Kenyan 

and Argentina Trade union leaders 

expressed their gratitude to Mr. Guy 

Ryder for his timely guidance and 

help during their crisis times. A 

standing ovation has been given in 

honour of Mr Guy Ryder. After the 

meeting, BMS delegates met Mr 

Ryder and wished him. He expressed 

his happiness and conveyed his 

thanks to Sri Hiranmaya Pandya ji. 

BMS meeting with Director 

Bureau of Workers Activities: 

The BMS members under the 

leadership of National President Sri 

Hiranmaya Pandya have met Mrs 

Maria Helene and briefed her the 

different activities that were 

undertaken by BMS during COVID 

crisis. He explained the role of Help 

Desks, Tele Medical Counselling, 

Campaign for Vaccination, Medical 

assistance, food supplies, ration 

supplies, isolation centres and the 

Service mind of volunteers in 

containing pandemic. He also 

explained about the Four Labour 

Codes, the positive points of Wage 

Code ad Social Security Code and 

requested Mrs. Helene to participate 

in the International Seminar on these 

Codes which will be conducted by 

BMS Delhi State Unit in association 


with Law Department of Delhi 

University for which she gave her 

consent to participate on VC mode. 

BMS also requested her to visit India 

and guide the Research Activities 

that are going on at Dattopanth 

Thengadi Foundation. Mr. Ariel 

Castro, Senior Official of ACTRAV 

was also present in the meeting. 

BMS delegation met ITUC 

officials: 

Sri Hiranmaya Pandya President 

BMS and Sri B. Surendran, 

Organising Secretary had met ITUC 

General Secretary Sharan Burrow and 

discussed Indian worker’s problems 

and also the Government India’s 

Policies on Labour. They also met 

other functionaries like Ms. Monina 

and Mr. Phagwan. 

4 Visiting Indian Families 

& Friends at Geneva: 

BMS delegates have met few 

Indian Families and friends at Geneva. 

They include Dr. Prashant Sharma; Sri 

Karthik Raghavan; Smt. Susamma 

Varghese; Smt.Sangita Godbole; 

Smt.Anita Natarajan, Dr Gopa Kumar, 

Sri Raja Mani, Sri Nilesh Gadre, Smt 

Anita Natarajan, Sri Srinivasa Reddy, 

Mr. Sher Varick, Mr. Ariel Castro etc. 

The delegates experienced the Pious 

Indian family atmosphere in Dr. 

Prashant Sharma’s house and Sri 

Karthik Raghavan’s house. 

Visiting the new building of the 

UN Office: 

Sri Karthik Raghavan, is the IT 

Head of the UN Office and hails from 

Tamil Nadu. He took BMS delegates 

to the newly constructed gigantic new 

building of the UN Office. It’s a Sixfloor 

building with all modern 

facilities. It’s worth seeing buildings 

with the best Architectural models. 

We met Sri Raja Mani, the Finance 

Manager of the UN Office and also a 

man who is the witness of 

construction work starting from its 

first stone to till this day. He 

explained the different departments 

and functioning of various systems. 

Sri Raja Mani is also a family friend 

of Late V Narasimhan, President of 

the Indian Association. Sri Surendran


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talked with Smt. Kamala 

Narasimhan, who is staying far away 

from Geneva and is also sick due to a 

breathing problem. Smt. Kamala 

expressed her gratitude for enquiring 

about her health and showing 

courtesy by BMS representatives. 

The concluding ceremony of 

ILC 2022 was held in a grand manner 

on 11th June 2022. 

Some of the salient features are- 

1. Unanimously passing a 

resolution on Occupational Safety 

and Health as a Fundamental 

Principle. 

2. Passing Maritime Labour 

Convention 2006 with Eight 

amendments. BMS and Government 

of India supported 

3. Standard settings on 

Apprenticeship. 

4. Arriving conclusions on 

Quality employment, living wages, 

public investment, formulation of 

policy frameworks on Artificial 

Intelligence and Alogarhythamic 

Management etc. which was raised 

by BMS representatives in 

Employment group. 

5. Arriving conclusions on 

Social and Solidarity Economy. 

6. Farewell to Director General 

Mr. Guy Ryder and welcoming to new 

Director General Mr Hamburg. 

7. Spontaneous and Excellent 

replies of Indian Labour Minister Sri 

Bhupendra Yadav to the questions 

raised by anchor in the “World of 

Work Summit”. 

8. Both the Ministers had nice 

interaction with Employees and 

Employers Groups. 

9. BMS members met Qatar 

Government Officials and raised 

India’s concerns over the deaths and 

also violations of Human Rights of 

Indian Migrant Workers in Qatar. The 

Qatar Government official responded 

positively and informed that they will 

convey our concerns to the highest 

authorities of their country and do 

justice. BMS also brought the same 

issue to the notice of Indian Labour 

Minister for proper action. 

ESI scheme to be implemented in entire 

country by 2022 end: Govt 

New Delhi: The employee state 

insurance (ESI) scheme will be 

implemented in the entire country 

by the end of 2022, the Union 

government announced on 19 th June 

. “Presently, ESI scheme is fully 

implemented in 443 districts and 

partially implemented in 153 

districts, whereas 148 districts are 

not covered under ESI scheme. By 

the end of 2022, the partially 

implemented and non-implemented 

districts across the country will be 

fully covered,” the ministry of 

labour and employment said in a 

release. 

The decision was taken by the 

ESI Corporation in its 188th meeting 

chaired by Union labour minister 

Bhupender Yadav on Sunday. 

The medical care services will 

be provided through establishing 

new dispensary cum branch offices 

(DCBOs), by tying up hospitals of 

Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri 

Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY). 

“ESI Corporation has decided 

to set up 23 new 100-bedded 

hospitals across the country,” the 

release said. Of the 23 hospitals, 

ESIC will set up six hospitals in 

Maharashtra at Palghar, Satara, Pen, 

Jalgaon, Chakan and Panvel; four 

In the case of Prakash Kumar 

Jena & Ors v State of Odisha & Ors| 

SLP 12485 of 2020 the SC observed 

that”To Pay Rs 9000 p.m Is Nothing 

But Exploitation” 

The Supreme Court recently 

directed the State of Odisha to 

reconsider its decision of paying only 

Rs 9,000 per month to the Home 

Guards working under State’s Home 

Department for more than 15 years. 

State’s Home Department for 

more than 15 years. The bench of 

Justices MR Shah and BV 

in Haryana at Hisar, Sonepat, 

Ambala and Rohtak; two each in 

Tamil Nadu (at Chengalpattu and 

Erode), Uttar Pradesh (Moradabad 

and Gorakhpur) and Karnataka 

(Tumkur and Udupi); one ESI 

hospital each in Andhra Pradesh 

(Nellore), Chhattisgarh (Bilaspur), 

Goa (Mulgao), Gujarat (Sanand), 

Madhya Pradesh (Jabalpur), Odisha 

(Jharsuguda) and West Bengal 

(Kharagpur). Besides these 

hospitals, five doctors’ dispensaries 

at 62 places will also be opened - 

48 in Maharashtra, 12 in Delhi and 

two in Haryana, the ministry said. 

“These hospitals and dispensaries 

will ensure the delivery of 

quality medical care service to the 

insured workers and their dependents 

in the close vicinity of their 

residence and will also enhance 

clientele satisfaction,” the release 

added. To fulfil the growing need 

for skilled manpower in health care 

sectors and narrow the existing gap 

between the demand and supply of 

skilled manpower, ESIC will start 

certificate courses in 10 disciplines 

in three of its medical colleges at 

Faridabad, Sanathnagar and KK 

Nagar (Chennai) for healthcare link 

workers, as a pilot project, the 

government said. 

“To Pay Rs 9000 p.m Is Nothing But Exploitation”: 

Supreme Court Asks Odisha To Reconsider Home Guards’ Monthly Salary 

Nagarathna rendered this direction 

while considering a Special Leave 

Petition assailing Odisha High 

Court’s order dated August 19, 2020. 

“To pay Rs.9,000/- p.m. is 

nothing but an exploitation. How a 

Home Guard Personnel can survive 

and maintain his family members on 

payment of Rs.9,000/- p.m. only when 

he is performing almost the same/ 

similar duties which is performed by 

other Police Personnel?” the bench 

had observed while asking the State 

to reconsider its decision.


The effect of Pandemic on Female LFPR 

in India and Way Forward 


While speaking of the 

development of the country, it is not 

possible without the equal 

participation of women in the 

society, politics and economy. In 

India, women participation in the 

labour force has seen a continuous 

decline since 2011- 12 with 27.2% 

in comparison to 1999- 00 where 

this rate was 34.1%. In the 

contemporary time, this 

participation rate is hovering around 

19%. The decline in women’s 

economic participation has become 

rapid after the pandemic struck and 

the complex interplay between 

economic and social factors at 

macro and household level has 

played a crucial role in it. According 

to the Mckinsey Global Report in 

2020 women jobs became 1.8 times 

more vulnerable than men during the 

Covid crisis. During the pandemic, 

women have not only quit their job 

at the fast pace primarily because 

of their care responsibilities back at 

home but even after the country is 

recovering from the pandemic, the 

women are still not likely to return 

at the same pace of their male 

counterparts. This picture of 

women dis-empowerment in India 

is an aggregated phenomenon 

where women participation is 

continuously being evaporated 

equally in rural and urban areas. The 

traditional ‘aam aurat’ is still 

considered to be married off in their 

late teens or early 20s and expected 

to be limited to the household chores 

in most parts of urban and rural 

areas. 

Along with these stark 

realities, women who are 

participating in the workforce are 

not equipped with the necessary 

environment such as toilets, 

creches, flexible working hours to 

create a balance between their house 

and work life balance. In the 

absence of these facilities, women 

are moving out of the workforce 

from both the formal and informal 

sector. While looking into the formal 

sector, the new normal in the form 

of remote work has led women in 

the white-collar jobs difficult to 

sustain. The report from freelancing 

platform ‘Flexing It’ shows that 

women are stepping back from 

registering themselves into 

freelancing consultant jobs as well. 

After the pandemic, the women 

around the world struggling with 

the added care work responsibilities 

and the structural and societal 

barriers of Indian women have 

further pushed them into the four 

walled houses. This scenario further 

puts emphasis on the role of the 

employers and government to 

provide a flexible environment for 

women to get back to the job 

market. India’s women workforce 

participation is among the lowest in 

the world and in order to improve 

the gendered workforce 

participation, it is crucial to provide 

better sanitation facilities, drinking 

water, clean work environment and 

creches to ensure the safety of their 

children. 

It is important to note that the 

recent PLFS data released in May- 

2022 showed that there is a 

marginal increase has been observed 

in full-time work by women in India 

whereas unemployment is going 

down. The government has also 

introduced various schemes to 

promote women employment and 

entrepreneurship. With the Unique 

Identification Number (Aadhar), the 

government has denied the maleguardianship 

of women that has 

been established by the ration- card 

scheme by the previous 

government. Along with that, with 

PM-JAY has been redesigned the 

RSBY in a way that it becomes more 

women- centric. With Mudra loans 

and Stand- up India, women led 

start- ups have been encouraged by 

the government. Along with these 

schemes, 

Ujjwala Yojana has empowered 

women in the household as well. 

The self- help groups (SHGs) and 

business correspondent Sakhis are 

working to provide financial 

independence to women in rural 

areas as well. 

The government is working on 

the atma-nirbharta of Indian women 

from promoting their education to 

financial independence, digital 

literacy, sanitation, security and old 

age as well but there are still many 

miles that government and Indian 

women needs to be covered 

together to bridge the gender gap in 

the literacy, labour force participation 

and access to basic amenities. In 

order to achieve these milestones, it 

is further important to understand 

the issues of women from a gendersensitive 

perspective and then 

provide customized benefits and 

support to the women from 

different areas. It demands 

collective effort and active 

participation of society, political 

parties, employers and trade unions 

as well. Before that the gap between 

symbolic representation of women 

in society and their actual position 

is still there and there is a long road 

that needs to be covered to bridge 

this!


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International workshop on Code on Wages 2019 

Bhartiya Mazdoor Sangh in 

collaboration with the Faculty of Law, 

Delhi University organised an 

international workshop on Code on 

Wages, 2019 in hybrid mode (both 

online and offline) in which eminent 

scholars and trade unionists have 

expertise issues related to wages and 

their different dimensions in the 

Indian context participated. The 

workshop was held on June 20, 2022, 

at Moot court Hall, Umang Bhawan, 

Faculty of Law, Delhi University, and 

online it was available on Cisco- 

Webex and Facebook. The workshop 

was inaugurated at 11 AM with the 

lighting of lamps by the eminent 

dignitaries. This was followed by 

vande matram. After inaugurating the 

workshop a brief introduction of Law 

faculty, Delhi University, and 

Bhartiya Mazdoor Sangh. This was 

followed by the welcome speech 

given by the Dean of the Law Faculty 

Prof. Usha Tandon. She highlighted 

specific issues relating to gender 

parity in labour force participation 

and the wages that are being provided 

to them. She specifically emphasized 

Section 3 and Section 42 of the code 

that focuses on equal remuneration 

for equal work and the formation of a 

central advisory board to fix/ revise 

the rate of wages respectively. Both 

of the sections introduced in the code 

are helpful for the empowerment of 

the women workforce of the country. 

However, in order to make the code 

on wages more effective, the drafting 

of the code can be gender-neutral by 

removing linguistic biases. In 

addition to this, provisions need to 

be there to improve the female labour 

force participation and to retain those 

who are already contributing to the 

economy by providing basic 

amenities such as drinking water, 

flexible working hours, toilets, and 

creches. According to Prof. Tandon, 

the idea of virtual inspection in the 

enterprises will not be very 

favourable, and female inspectors in 

enterprises can better understand the 

issues women workers faced in the 

industries. Introductory speech After 

the inaugural speech of Prof. Usha 

Tandon, Shri Saji Narayanan (Former 

National President of BMS) talked 

about the historical development of 

legislation on wages in India. He 

talked about minimum wages, fair 

wages, and living wages out of which 

even minimum wages is a distant 

dream even after 75 years of 

independence. He talked about 

minimum wages, fair wages, and 

living wages out of which even 

minimum wages is a distant dream 

even after 75 years of independence. 

BMS has termed the new Code on 

Wages brought by the present 

Government as historic and 

revolutionary because for the first 

time the last worker is covered. It is 

the present government that has 

introduced the concept of universal 

minimum wages where the employee 

or trade union can complain to the 

appropriate authority regarding any 

offense punishable under this code 

(section 52) which makes the system 

more amicable to the workers. The 

inter-state migration that happens 

because of unequal opportunities and 

uncertain wage payment practices 

needs to be regulated. He has further 

talked about the dispute settlement 

time period that has been extended to 

3 years (previously 6 months) for 

those who are not literate enough to 

know about these mechanisms. It is 

important to understand that there are 

disparities in different states regarding 

wages being provided to the workers 

for the same work and BMS demanded 

that there should be a national board 

on wages to regulate this irregularity. 

The tripartite mechanism needs to 

work in a proper manner to solve 

issues like working hours and wages. 

The tripartite mechanism needs to 

work in a proper manner to solve 

issues like working hours and wages. 

The central and state government 

needs to take action. The minimum 

wages board is not a tripartite one and 

it is only an advisory board that has a 

limited set of authority i.e., to advise 

only. BMS demanded that there 

should be a national board on wages 

with decision-making power and not 

merely an advisory board. BMS 

demands a tripartite structure in all 

the codes as well. Overall BMS 

welcomes the 

Code on Wages 

Future of wage laws in a global 

perspective 

Ms. Maria Helena, Director, 

ACTRAV Bureau for Workers’ 

Activities, ILO, Geneva has focused 

on reforms in the Labour laws as are 

core agenda for the trade unions in 

India. For ILO and ACTRAV it is a 

matter of concern too. A series of 

workshops and consultations have 

been initiated by ILO on all four draft 

codes to facilitate social dialogue on 

a tripartite level. All the trade unions 

including BMS have actively 

participated in the discussion and 

submitted their recommendations to 

the government. The labour codes 

have both affirmative and negative 

aspects in it and BMS has been quite 

vocal about it since the draft codes 

have been tabled. Effective social 

dialogue has been demanded by 

Indian trade unions and in order to 

do so, tripartite mechanisms need to 

be strong, and multiple consultations 

among different trade unions, 

academicians, government, and 

professionals are crucial to attaining 

this and for a continuous review of 

the codes. After the pandemic, the 

vulnerabilities of workers in different 

categories from migrant workers, 

informal sector workers, and domestic 

workers have been elevated. In the 

crisis times, it has been witnessed by 

ILO that countries that practice social 

dialogue are dealing the difficult 

times more efficiently than others. 

The ILO report on Wages and 

minimum wages 2020-22 showcased 

that 15% of all the workers in the 

world earn less than the hourly 

minimum wages due to noncompliance 

with policies or 

systematically keeping them outside 

the ambit of such schemes and 

policies. Contd....



(Contd... June-2022) 

How has COVID-19 Transformed the Gig Economy in India? 

Gig Economy in India An economy 

offering temporary, flexible jobs to 

independent contractors, freelancers and 

part-time workers, connected mostly 

through online platforms, has become 

commonplace. Gig economy in its 

broadest sense is not a new phenomenon 

in India but the advent of digital platforms 

that facilitate/mediate contractual labour/ 

goods transactions have accelerated the 

growth of gig economy in India and across 

the world. Both demand and supply side 

factors in the wake of pandemic induced 

uncertainty have led to the exponential 

growth of the gig economy. It is worth 

noting that participation of labour in the 

gig economy is higher in developing 

countries like ours with 5-12% 

participation compared to the developed 

countries where it is mostly below 4% 

(Das). Most of the workers in these 

sectors are indulged in low-paying bluecollar 

jobs like ridesharing, food/goods 

delivery and other microtasks. Currently, 

India’s gig-labour force is around 8 million 

(Boston Consulting Group and Michael 

& Susan Dell Foundation, 2021). It is set 

to grow to almost 24 million in the next 

three to four years, and it has been 

estimated that India could produce as many 

as 90 million opportunities through gig or 

platform jobs if it reaches its full potential. 

Other estimates suggest that India’s gig 

workforce stands at about 15 million 

currently and is likely to have 350 million 

gig jobs by 2025 (India Brand Equity 

Foundation, 2021). 

The pandemic that grappled the 

world, disrupted the supply chains and 

forced governments to lockdown 

economies had an equally, perhaps a more 

severe impact on India. With economic 

growth already slowing down before the 

pandemic and unemployment rates 

substantially higher than normal, the 

pandemic acted as a catalyst for the growth 

of the already expanding gig economy. 

According to a 2020 survey, “India stood 

to lose almost 135 million jobs, which 

pushed Indians towards non-conventional 

forms of jobs i.e. both white and blue 

collar, freelance jobs” (Maitra et al.), 

2020). Associated Chambers of 

Commerce and Industry in India 

(ASSOCHAM) predicted that India’s gig 

sector would stand at US$ 455 billion in 

2024 with a compounded annual growth 

rate of 17% and it has now the potential to 

grow at twice the rate as predicted before 

the pandemic (ASSOCHAM, 2021). The 

Economic Survey 2021 noted that India has 

emerged as one of the largest markets for 

flexi staffing in the world due to wider 

adoption of e-commerce and online retailing 

(Sirohi, 2021). 

Impact of the Pandemic-In the initial 

days of the pandemic, there were no solutions 

towards combating the virus, and the only 

option at hand was prevention. Government 

of India was at crossroads with the choice 

of saving lives and saving livelihoods, which 

ultimately fulfills life and the choice in the 

given circumstances was obvious and 

looking in retrospect, correct. India, a 

predominantly informal economy, witnessed 

growing unemployment rates with precarity, 

poverty and inequality increasing every day. 

Though the government was quick to expand 

its free ration distribution programme, 

people struggled to meet even the bare 

minimum of their needs. They were looking 

for wage-work. The internet brought this to 

them. With affordable rates of internet and 

decent connectivity and advent of digital 

platforms/applications, work from home 

jobs, and a reminder of the fragility of life, 

people’s orientations changed, not suddenly 

but significantly. Millions who were pushed 

out of the workforce, saw a chance to upskill 

themselves via the internet and join the 

freelance jobs that provide both flexibility 

and better/ more acceptable wages. 

Emergence of various intermediaries/online 

mediation platforms made it possible for 

people to find work from the comfort of 

their homes and complete the jobs from 

anywhere with internet connectivity in their 

own time at their own convenience. The 

millennial generation, which has just entered/ 

is ready to enter the workforce has fallen in 

love with the idea of working when they 

wish to work, from where they wish to be. 

In its report, ASSOCHAM notes “with 

talented pools today becoming way more 

diverse in their age 

constitution and with millennials and 

Gen-Z workers increasingly becoming part 

of the country's workforce, many have 

begun preferring to become part of the gig 

economy” (Sharma, 2021). Home delivery 

of goods/services (including food and 

medicine), tele-consultations with doctors 

accelerated during the pandemic as people 

were afraid of moving out of their homes. 

The pandemic has also forced firms and 

organizations to rethink the very nature of 

work and remodel themselves. 

E-commerce platforms hired 

thousands of delivery partners during the 

pandemic. Similarly other firms hired 

freelancers to perform tasks online. 

Although the demand for gig-workers has 

increased since the start of the pandemic, 

competition for gig jobs has also increased. 

The gig workers now have competition 

from former full-time employees as well, 

who have been forced into gig-work but 

are mostly better skilled than the full-time 

gig workers. This has also led to an increase 

in precarity of work conditions for the gigworkers. 

During the pandemic their 

earnings went significantly down, and firms 

exploited them as other jobs were not 

available. 

Way Forward -It is now an 

established fact that gig work is here to 

stay and thus governments must bring forth 

regulations to protect the interests of all 

parties involved without hurting any. It is 

time that firms rethink the role of the gig 

workers in their organizations and make 

provisions to retain them/ provide them with 

benefits, which other workers in the 

conventional working culture are entitled 

to. European countries have gradually 

started to direct firms to recognise gigworkers 

as employees and render them the 

benefits accordingly (Chauhan, 2021), but 

India is still a long way behind. 

Government of India has been quick 

enough to respond to the emergence of the 

gig economy and has made provisions for 

its expansion but in the meantime, it has to 

be kept in mind that economic growth is 

not an end in itself and that development 

through adequate distribution/redistribution 

of created wealth is necessary. It has made 

provisions for a social security cess from 

gig/platform firms for social security of gig 

workers and in the meantime has also 

started collecting data via the e-Shram 

portal. The government has announced that 

the gig/platform workers will also be 

covered under the Minimum Wage Laws 

(code on wages- 2019) now (Aryan, 2021). 

Regulatory framework has to be 

developed in due course of time and hiring 

and firing of workers in the gig economy 

has to be regulated and the rights (right to 

work/life) of such workers has to be 

protected. The government should speed 

up the process of setting up social security 

funds for the gig workers and task all 

stakeholders including the trade union 

bodies in the sector to administer it.● 

- Vivek Kumar 

Communication Officer - DTF

Vishwakarma Sanket July 2022

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