Welfare Schemes for Women Workers
India has been following a multi-pronged
approach: to increase the welfare of women workers, which includes:
·
setting up of strong and
robust legislative framework for promoting equality at work;
·
improving working
conditions;
·
providing social security
·
promoting work-family life
balance.
·
special policies and
schemes such as National Crèche Scheme, Working Women Hostel, Mahila Shakti
Kendra Scheme, providing collateral free loan under Mudra scheme, Ujjwala
Scheme for curbing trafficking etc.
·
promoting women
entrepreneurship,
·
employment generation, and
·
providing safe working
condition to women workers.
To promote employment and welfare
of women workers,
a number of protective provisions have been incorporated in various
labour laws like
Equal Remuneration Act, 1976 - provides for same wages for same and similar
nature of work and prevents discrimination;
Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 -
provides for paid maternity leave for 26 weeks and mandatory crèche facility in
the establishments having 50 or more employees.
Besides various protective
provisions for women workers exists in various labour acts. The implementation
of Central Labour Acts is done by both the Central and State Governments in
their respective spheres.
Government is providing
training to women workers through a network of Women Industrial Training
Institutes, National Vocational Training
Institutes and Regional Vocational Training Institutes.
special training programmes
for women workers are also being conducted by Dattopant Thengadi National Board
for Workers Education & Development (erstwhile Central Board of Workers
Education) through which women workers are made aware about their rights,
duties and various protective provisions under various labour legislations.
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