Social Security Bill to be presented in this Parliament session

Bangalore, Sept 5 (UNI) Union Cabinet will take a final decision on the proposed Comprehensive Social Security Bill tomorrow and move the bill in the current Winter Session of the Parliament, Union Minister of State for Labour Oscar Fernandes said today.

Talking to newsmen here, he said that the Bill aimed to benefit Labours working in unorganised sectors and once the Bill was passed it would benefit over 1.5 Crore families of workers living Below Poverty Line (BPL).

Highlighting some of the salient features of the proposed Bill, Mr Fernandes said that, among the other things, it contained pension death and physical disability benefits.

He said that under the proposed Bill, workers belonging to BPL need not have to contribute for pension, while workers above BPL have to pay minimum amount towards pension.

Replying to a question, he said that Left Parties were also taken into consideration and their suggestions were incorporated in the Bill.

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