17 Dec :The Lok Sabha today passed the Unorganised Workers’ Social Security Bill, 2008 as under this it has been suggested that the proposed National Advisory Board for Labour Welfare will now be headed by the Union Labour Minister instead of Central Govt nominee.
A new section has been added to the earlier Bill, creating provisions for State Governments to set up workers’’ facilitation centres to disseminate information on available social security schemes, registration of workers with respective district administration and issuing identity cards.