Meeting of Industrial Tripartite Committee on Jute Industry

A meeting of the Industrial Tripartite Committee on Jute Industry was held on 20th July, 2010 at New Delhi under the chairmanship of Union Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Harish Rawat. The representatives from workers’ organisations (BMS, INTUC, VITU, AIUTUC), Employers’ Federations (AJMA, AIMO and Laghu Udyog Bharti) of the Jute Industry along with representatives of State Governments of West Bengal and Bihar participated in this meeting. The need for enhancing productivity of the industry with greater emphasis on research and development was underlined. The Committee also discussed several issues like lower productivity in the jute industry, non-payment of gratuity to workers in the jute industry, non-payment of provident fund dues to the workers and non-payment of ESI deductions from the workers to the ESIC.