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India has initiated a number of steps to provide social security benefits to the unorganised sector and is working on measures to bring it in line with the workforce of organised sector, Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya has said. While delivering a speech during the 104th Session of the International Labour Conference at Geneva yesterday, the minister said, "India stands committed to provide social security benefits to the vast workforce in the unorganised sector." The government is under process to bring measures for bringing unorganised workers in line with organised workforce, the minister said, adding that a new initiative is being examined regarding identification and registration of unorganised workers. He said schemes and programmes such as Unorganised Workers Social Security Act, Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY), Minimum Wages Act, Unique Identification Cards to unorganised workers are in operation to achieve the objective. "Providing better employment opportunities and social security to people are the major agendas of Government of India," Dattatreya said. Government's major agenda is to focus on skill development and manufacturing sector to execute programmes such as Make In India and Skill India, the minister said. "We are focusing on massive skill development and growth of manufacturing sector through programmes such as Make in India, Skill India, Smart City Project and Digital India." Also, in his address at the meeting of BRICS heads of delegations to ILO Conference, Dattatreya said enhancing the employability of the youth through skill development and improving the participation of women in the work force are priority areas. Labour Secretary Shankar Aggarwal said creation of decent employment for all is the top priority for the government. "The emphasis is on quality and effectiveness of the labour inspection system rather than mere numbers. We want to bring an efficient system of compliance for labour legislation with the help of information technology," Aggarwal said. The International Labour Conference of ILO is attended by 185 member countries and is the biggest international forum to discuss labour related issues.
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