Chairman of the National Commission for Safai Karamcharis, M Venkatesan, convened a meeting with South Western Railway (SWR) officials to discuss the welfare and working conditions of Safai Karamcharis employed within the railway sector. Discussions included the need for improved working conditions, better sanitation facilities, protective gear, regular health check-ups, timely payment of wages, revision of pay scales, and extension of additional benefits such as medical insurance and leave. SWR general manager Arvind Srivastava expressed commitment to addressing the raised issues.
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March 11, 2021
× Indian Railways’ Shramik Kalyan e-application, which was developed and launched on October 1, 2018, has seen registration by 15,812 contractors and 3,81,831 contract workers so far, an official release said on Thursday.
The e-application ensures compliance with the provisions of the Minimum Wages Act and also ensures that contractual workers of Indian Railways get their rightful due.
The contractors are required to regularly upload wage payment data onto the e-application. This helps Railways, as the principal employer, to keep an eye over wages disbursed by contractors to contract workers, it added.
Over ₹3,495 crore has been disbursed as wages and about six crore man-days have been registered on the portal across Indian Railways. All public sector units working under the Ministry of Railways are also using this e-application, said the release.