HYDERABAD: The Centre would soon extend benefits under ESIC and EPFO to the Anganwadi, ASHA and mid-day meal scheme workers in the country, Union Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya said here today.
“We are going to give all Anganwadi workers, ASHA (Accredited Social Health Activists) workers, mid-day meal workers. 90 per cent of them are women. The idea is to give them ESIC and EPFO. They have been agitating for years now. They have no social security for them. They are serving the Government, not private. I have formed a committee comprising Women and Child Development ministry, HRD ministry, our (Labour) ministry and Health ministry. I am pleased to tell you that Finance Minister has also agreed to this,” he said.
Dattatreya was making concluding comments at a round-table conference he held with several prominent women personalities here on the eve of International Women’s Day.
Noting that the NDA Government has taken several major steps for the benefit of women work force in the country, he said the Government is committed to provide 33 per cent reservation for women in legislatures and that it will talk to other political parties on the issue. (AGENCIES)
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