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Expert panel seeks basic living wage after job loss
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The one-member commission, set up under the labour ministry’s Central Advisory Contract Labour Board (CACLB) in May last year, tackled concerns regarding providing social security to India’s burgeoning unorganised sector, especially in the aftermath of the pandemic.
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The commission will also engage with the labour ministry for further recommendations to strengthen the social security net for unorganised sector workers.
(This story originally appeared in on Jan 08, 2021)NEW DELHI: A one-man expert commission on labour, led by former civil servant C V Ananda Bose has recommended setting up a Labour Authority of India as a nodal body, instituting a basic minimum social security for workers and a basic living wage to be paid in case of employment loss. It said India should set up registries for gathering robust data on both migrant workers and non-resident Indians if it is to formulate focus