Inaugural & Renaming Function of CBWE on 23rd August, 2016
A newly constructed office building of Central Board for Workers Education was inaugurated today at Rohini, New Delhi by Smt. Sumitra Mahajan, Hon’ble Speaker, Lok Sabha who was the chief guest of the Inaugural function.
On this occasion, the name of Central Board for Workers Education was renamed to “Dattopant Thengadi National Board for Workers Education and Development” by Shri Bandaru Dattatreya, Hon’ble Minister of State for Labour & Employment (Independent Charge) Government of India.
The Chairman of the Board, Sh. K. Lakshma Reddy announced that, the Head Office of Board will shift from Nagpur to New Delhi, which will help the organization to manage its affairs in a more organized and efficient manner.
Smt. Mahajan, in her speech as chief guest said that Sh. Dattopant Thengadi was a great thinker, philosopher, patriot and an excellent organizer. She also said that it is a proud moment for the Board that it is renamed after Sh. Dattopant Thengadi and congratulated all the Board’s officials on this occasion. She also stated that the Board should try to upgrade the skills of workers so that they can enhance their income.
Smt. M. Sathiyavathy, OSD, Ministry of Labour & Employment stated that there are numerous labour laws and Govt. welfare schemes meant for the benefit of the workers in India, but, awareness about these is not much among them. To enhance the impact and reach of workers education scheme, she suggested that Board should start using the Audio Visual Mobile van in their Rural and unorganized programme. She also recommended on enhancing the use of Technology in day to day functioning of the Board.
Labour Minister in his address said that Trade unions should not be affiliated to any political party. He also informed that for the first time in sixty years taking work from children below 14 year of age is totally prohibited. He also stated that maternity benefits to the women employee has been recently increased from 12 weeks to 26 weeks as prepaid leaves.
Earlier on the day, Sh. K.L. Reddy, Hon’ble Chairman of the Board welcomed all the dignitaries on the dais and assured them that with a new name and Head Office, Board will work with more zeal and enthusiasm in the coming years and fulfill the expectations of millions of workers across the nation.
The programme ended with a Vote of Thanks, which was delivered by Sh. J.P. Phogat, Director Incharge of the Board in which he thanked all the dignitaries on the dais, senior officials from Ministry of Labour and Employment, officials from the Board along with Members of Governing Body, Representative of Trade Unions and Media for making this event a grand success.
