Awareness programme for the migrant labourers conducted by District Civil Supplies Department in coordination with Labour Department, Namchi

Namchi, 24th September: An awareness programme was conducted for the migrant labourers of the new construction site of a 500 bedded Hospital, Namchi on 22nd September by the District Civil Supplies Department in coordination with Labour Department, Namchi, in compliance with the order dated 20th April , 2023, passed by the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India on the “problems and miseries faced by the migrant labourers”.
Over 180 migrant labourers attended the programme which were accompanied by their respective managers and 3 staff representatives from The District Labour Department and 4 representatives from DCSO office, Food and civil supplies department, District Namchi.
The sole objective of the awareness programme was to enhance wide publicity of the order stated above, among the migrant labourers registered under e-Shram portal for availing the benefits of NFSA Scheme through ONORC.
The first session was conducted by the Labour Department of the concerned department, wherein he disseminated information on the detailed benefits offered by e-Shram Portal along with other related schemes, which only a handful were aware of. Ministry of Labour developed the e-Shram portal to create a national database of unorganized workers, that will be seeded with Aadhaar for optimum realization of their employability and extend benefits of social security scheme.
This was then followed by the session by Mr. Tenzing Bhutia DCSO/Namchi District. He stressed on the objectives, advantages and salient features of the NFSA 2013, that promotes subsidized food grains to approx 2/3rd of the country’s 1.4 billion people. He also emphasized on the benefits that can be drawn through ONORC Scheme that empowers all NFSA migrant beneficiaries to access their PDS/NFSA food grains from any Fair Price Shop, anywhere in the country by using their existing Ration Card with biometric authentication, thus making the food security portable.
The programme ended with a short Question & Answer Session where the assembled labourers placed their queries that were cleared by the concerned department representatives.
The Awareness programme succeeded to reach the objectives set. The labourers had a great learning experience. Assurances were given to extend help to the labourers to sort out any related issues they faced in the upcoming days. The Food & Civil Supplies Department in coordination with nodal department shall organize such kind of sensitization programme with the migrant labourers in the district in future in a need base.