(हिन्दी में समाचार के लिये निचे देखें)
Only 5 registers, instead of 56 as of now, to be maintained.
Software being developed for digitization of these 5 registers.
The Government has simplified the maintenance of Labour registers of about 5.85 crore establishments in agriculture and non- agriculture sectors. These registers are related to details of employees, their salaries, loans/recoveries, attendance etc. This exercise will drastically reduce the number of registers being maintained by these establishments from 56 to only 5 by doing away with overlapping/redundant fields. This will help these establishments to save cost and efforts and ensure better compliance of Labour Laws.
Under various Central Labour Acts, there is a requirement of maintenance of registers depending upon the threshold of the number of employees by the establishments in agriculture and non-agriculture sectors. As per the Sixth Economic Census of Central Statistical Office conducted during 2013-2014, India has about 5.85 Crore establishments in agricultural and non-agricultural sectors combined. Out of this, 4.54 Crore establishments are in non-agricultural sector. While reviewing the requirement of filing various returns / registers/forms provided under 9 Central Acts, there were several overlapping/ redundant fields that could be rationalized.
An intention notification was issued on 4th November, 2016 for reducing the number of registers/data fields and the same was widely circulated to concerned Ministries / Departments, State Govts., other stakeholders besides placing the same in public domain. In effect, all previous registers envisaged under various Acts / Rules have been omitted and replaced with only 5 common Registers. Such an exercise has reduced number of data fields in 5 registers to only 144 from the then existing 933 fields in 56 registers.
Ministry of Labour & Employment has also simultaneously undertaken to develop a software for these 5 common registers. After development of the software, the same will be put on the Shram Suvidha Portal of the Ministry of Labour and Employment for free download with an aim to facilitate maintenance of those registers in a digitized form.
सरकार ने विभिन्न श्रम कानूनों के तहत रजिस्टरों का रखरखाव सरल कर दिया है
सरकार ने कृषि एवं गैर-कृषि क्षेत्रों में लगभग 5.85 करोड़ प्रतिष्ठानों के श्रम रजिस्टरों के रखरखाव कार्य को सरल कर दिया है। ये रजिस्टर कर्मचारियों, उनके वेतन, ऋणों/ वसूली, हाजिरी इत्यादि से संबंधित हैं। इस कदम से इन प्रतिष्ठानों द्वारा रखरखाव किए जाने वाले रजिस्टरों की संख्या मौजूदा 56 से काफी घटकर केवल 5 रजिस्टर रह जाएगी। ओवरलैपिंग/ अनावश्यक क्षेत्रों वाले रजिस्टरों की संख्या कम कर देने से ही यह संभव हो पा रहा है। इससे इन प्रतिष्ठानों को अपनी लागत एवं प्रयासों में कमी करने में मदद मिलेगी और इसके साथ ही श्रम कानूनों का बेहतर अनुपालन भी सुनिश्चित होगा।
इसके साथ-साथ श्रम एवं रोजगार मंत्रालय ने इन 5 सामान्य रजिस्टरों के लिए एक सॉफ्टवेयर विकसित करने का कार्य भी शुरू किया है। सॉफ्टवेयर के विकसित हो जाने के बाद इसे निःशुल्क डाउनलोड की सुविधा प्रदान करने के लिए श्रम और रोजगार मंत्रालय के श्रम सुविधा पोर्टल पर डाल दिया जाएगा। इसका उद्देश्य डिजिटल रूप में इन रजिस्टरों का रखरखाव सुनिश्चित करना है।
