New Delhi, June 25: The much-awaited report of the
second Labour Commission, set up to go into several critical
and controversial areas of reforms, is almost ready and is
likely to be submitted to the government by the end of this
month.
"The report may come any time. It is already delayed. We
expect it by the end of this month," labour secretary P D
Shenoy told reporters here today.
Shenoy said the ministry would start working on the
report the moment the commission headed by Ravindra Verma
submitted the document.
The commission was set up in October 1999 and was asked
to submit its report by October 2001. But, it was given four
extensions, of which the last will expire this month end.
For making a close scrutiny of various labour issues in
the wake of globalisation, the commission constituted six
study groups to examine the existing labour laws, effects of
globalisation, social security, unorganised labour, skill
upgradation and status of women and child labour.
The commission visited almost all state capitals to
elicit the views of labour experts, employers'
representatives, trade union leaders and government officials.
The panel also visited china early this year to study the
contract labour situation and went to Malaysia to get a first
hand knowledge of skill upgradation techniques.
Bureau Report
