MALDA, Jan. 20: Central government's welfare organisation for bidi workers and state labour department will jointly organise a camp for the distribution of identity card to bidi workers in Habibpur on 22 January.
A welfare organisation under the ministry of labour, has decided to distribute identity card to the bidi workers on the spot at a camp in Habibpur, Manikchak, Chanchal, Ratua and other remote blocks following the new guidelines framed by the central government. Issued by the central government's welfare organisation, earlier bidi workers used to get their identity cards at their respective block offices through labour inspectors. "Now the bidi workers will be getting their I-cards on the spot directly from the welfare organisation by submitting all documents that prove that they are bidi workers”, said Mr P P Das, assistant labour commissioner in Malda. It may be noted that the office of the welfare organisation is located at Kaliachak I block and bidi workers living at remote villages in other blocks of this district were facing problem in getting their identity cards from Kaliachak.
Without an I-card, they were not entitled to various welfare benefits as bidi workers from the government. Through panchayats in Habibpur block, the district labour department informed the workers that to get an I-card, the workers have to produce their electoral photo identity card and a certificate from the pradhan. The applicants will also have to appear for ‘a practical examination’ before the board in which they have to prove that they know bidi binding. "Successful candidates will be getting their identity card on the spot from the welfare organisation," the assistant labour commissioner added. n SNS
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