New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Wednesday introduced a sequence of main initiatives geared toward strengthening assist for development staff and accelerating growth in rural areas of the capital. Talking at a big public programme at Tyagraj Stadium, she oversaw the direct switch of greater than ₹12.40 crore into the financial institution accounts of 15,706 youngsters of registered development staff to assist their schooling. On the identical event, the Chief Minister inaugurated newly constructed panchayat buildings in two villages and laid the muse stone for 59 growth tasks throughout 37 villages. These tasks, with a mixed estimated price of ₹134 crore, are anticipated to spice up infrastructure and civic facilities in rural Delhi.
Addressing 1000’s of staff gathered on the venue, the Chief Minister stated Delhi’s progress rests on the onerous work of its labour pressure. “Delhi shouldn’t be constructed solely with bricks and roads; it’s constructed by the arms of staff. Guaranteeing their security, dignity and future is our precedence,” she stated.
The occasion was attended by Labour and Employment Minister Shri Kapil Mishra, Delhi Village Improvement Board Chairman Shri Rajkumar Chauhan, senior officers of the Labour Division and different public representatives. Marking the dying anniversary of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya, the Chief Minister stated the federal government is guided by the precept of Antyodaya—uplifting the final particular person within the queue. Referring to Honorable Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s imaginative and prescient, she added that governance, for her authorities, is a way of service, not privilege.
She additionally criticised earlier administrations for failing to correctly utilise the cess fund collected for staff welfare. In response to her, the current authorities has devoted its efforts to the employees who contribute each day to the town’s progress. “Delhi can solely grow to be stronger when its staff are robust,” she stated.
Schooling Help for Staff’ Youngsters
Below the Delhi Constructing and Different Development Staff Welfare Board’s schooling help scheme, monetary assist is offered to make sure that youngsters of registered staff are usually not pressured to drop out as a consequence of monetary constraints. College students from Lessons 1 to eight obtain ₹500 per thirty days, these in Lessons 9 and 10 obtain ₹700 per thirty days, and college students in Lessons 11 and 12 are given ₹1,000 per thirty days. Undergraduate college students are eligible for ₹3,000 per thirty days, whereas these pursuing technical {and professional} programs comparable to ITI, polytechnic, engineering, medical and MBA programmes can obtain as much as ₹10,000 per thirty days.
Labour Welfare and Reforms
The Chief Minister additionally highlighted broader labour welfare measures within the metropolis. Delhi at the moment has one of many highest minimal wage constructions within the nation, with ₹18,456 per thirty days for unskilled staff, ₹20,371 for semi-skilled staff and ₹22,411 for expert staff. Greater than 44 labour legal guidelines are being enforced to safeguard staff’ rights. A devoted helpline—155214—has been launched for employee help, and over 36 lakh unorganised staff have been registered on the e-Shram portal. As well as, 1,028 youngsters have been rescued from little one labour by 72 particular enforcement drives.
Reviving Rural Improvement
Turning to rural growth, the Chief Minister stated the Delhi Village Improvement Board has been restructured to carry renewed focus and momentum to village infrastructure. A complete of 776 mission proposals value ₹1,715.05 crore have been submitted, of which 705 tasks have acquired administrative approval amounting to ₹1,556 crore. An preliminary instalment of ₹157 crore has already been launched for 702 tasks. These tasks cowl roads, ponds, parks, cremation grounds, neighborhood centres, libraries and village assembly areas. She famous that Delhi’s villages had confronted neglect over the previous decade and stated the federal government had already allotted ₹1,000 crore within the funds to deal with the hole.
Describing the initiatives as greater than symbolic bulletins, the Chief Minister stated the federal government is targeted on delivering seen outcomes on the bottom. She expressed confidence that strengthening staff’ welfare, bettering entry to schooling and accelerating rural growth would assist transfer Delhi nearer to the purpose of turning into a developed capital inside a developed India. She reaffirmed the federal government’s dedication to empowering staff and their households by sustained and service-oriented governance.
Labour and Employment Minister Kapil Mishra stated that labour-related departments, which had slowed down in earlier years, at the moment are present process speedy reforms. All labour courts in Delhi are being transformed into e-courts, the registration course of for development staff has been expedited, and new talent growth programmes have been launched. He added that fashionable instruments and security tools are being offered to staff, girls staff at the moment are permitted to work in any shift around the clock, and long-pending rural growth works have been restarted on a big scale, with a number of tasks inaugurated or launched on the occasion.
