Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru (MS)
Mangaluru, Jun 5: Deputy commissioner Dr Rajendra K V said that the state government will give an amount of Rs 2,000 from the Covid package to labourers of unorganized sector as they are facing difficulties due to the lockdown.
Dr Rajendra spoke on the subject on Friday in a meeting. He said, “Unorganized sector labourers like barbers, washermen, tailors, blacksmiths, goldsmiths, potters, house labourers, rag pickers, loading unloading workers and labourers within the age group of 18 to 65 years are eligible to get this one-time compensation. They need to apply through Seva Sindhu portal. The labourers have to fill the application at the nearby Seva Sindhu center of their area in prescribed form and upload their photo along with the Aadhar card which is linked to the bank account, ration card authenticating their address, voter ID card, mobile number, self-declaration and employment proof.
“Employment proof for barbers and washermen should be obtained from any one of the officers like revenue officers, revenue inspectors of city corporations, city municipalities, town municipalities, and town panchayats. At taluk level the same can be obtained from tahsildars, deputy tahsildars, revenue inspectors, revenue officers. In gram panchayat limits the certificate can be obtained from PDOs, secretary, labour inspector, labour officers, and assistant labour commissioner. This authenticated certificate should be uploaded on the portal. If there are more than one person working in the mentioned sectors, then only one person is eligible to get the compensation.
“In the district of Dakshina Kannada, 86,000 building construction workers and 7,597 labourers of unorganized sectors are registered. If the construction workers have the labour card, then there is no need for them to register on Seva Sindhu Portal. The money will be directly deposited to their account. Barbers and washermen who did not get the compensation last time can once again register on Seva Sindhu portal. Those who have come into the district from outstation districts and have local BPL cards can also avail the benefit of this scheme. Officials should take responsibility to distribute the compensation to all those who have BPL card or trade license in the labour class,” he said.
CEO of zilla panchayat Dr Kumar, project director of city development unit Gayathri Nayak, labour officer Wilma, presidents and vice presidents of labour organizations were present.