Punjab Assembly to Hold Special Session on Labour Day
Punjab calls one-day assembly session on Labour Day
Hindustan Times
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The Punjab government, led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, has announced a special one-day assembly session on May 1 to honor Labour Day. The session will focus on the contributions of laborers and discuss the impact of changes to the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) on the working class.
- 01The special assembly session is scheduled for May 1, Labour Day.
- 02It aims to honor the contributions of laborers and artisans.
- 03Discussions will include the impact of MGNREGA changes on the working class.
- 04This will be the eighth special session since the Aam Aadmi Party took power in 2022.
- 05Previous special sessions addressed various issues, including flooding and employment guarantee schemes.
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The Punjab cabinet, under Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, has approved a special session of the state assembly on May 1, Labour Day, to honor laborers and artisans for their essential contributions to social and economic development. Mann emphasized that representatives from labor unions will be invited as special guests. The session will focus on the implications of changes to the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), which has been restructured into the VB-G Ram G scheme, and its adverse effects on the working class. This marks the eighth special session held by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government since it took office in 2022. Previous sessions have tackled various issues, including the release of the rural development fund and the state's response to severe flooding.
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The session will provide a platform for labor representatives to voice their concerns regarding recent changes to employment schemes, directly affecting the livelihoods of many workers in Punjab.
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