Order of the Supreme Court regarding registration of unorganised workers in India, 21/08/2018
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Sharamjeevi Mahila Samiti Vs State of NCT of Delhi & Others dated 21/08/2018 regarding registration of unorganised workers in India.
The SC was informed that the Ministry of Labour and Employment is involved in the process of finalizing a registration module for unorganized workers and after the security audit it would be made ready by the end of December, 2018. Thereafter, it would be made available to the States/Union Territories for further process of registration and issuance of paper identity cards.
The apex court directed the Chief Secretary of all the states and Administrators of all the Union Territories to start registering 10% of the estimated number of workers every month starting from the month of January, 2019 and submit a Report to the SC by January 31, 2019.