Bandaru Dattatreya, the Minister of State(IC) for Labour & Employment launched the Common Registration Facility on e-biz Portal, integration of the Annual Return under Mines Act 1952 and common ECR for EPFO/ESIC with the Shram Suvidha Portal, here today. Speaking on the occasion, Shri Bandaru Dattatreya said that the Central Government’s emphasis is on good governance. For that transparency and accountability are much needed which can be effectively ensured through technology. Besides Inspection System has been upgraded with a provision for objections and clarifications on the uploaded inspection reports. This will help all concerned in taking holistic view on the report without wasting time.
Earlier speaking on the occasion Shri Shankar Aggarwal, Secretary L&E said that for the benefit of common man Shram Suvidha Portal has been made Multilingual providing information in eleven Indian languages. The languages are Bengali, English, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu.Shri Manish Gupta,JS in the Ministry made a presentation on Shram Suvidha Portal(SSP) and e-biz portal. Outlining future initiatives he said that the Ministry intends to bring onboard the portal Haryana and six more States in next Financial year. Other future initiatives include LIN only regime, BIN (Business Identification Number) integration with LIN, Integration with Labour Bureau Returns and Strengthening of Submission of returns ( Integration of digital signature with returns, Auto Show-cause notice to Defaulters, Submission of delayed/Revised returns) The Ministry has integrated the registration process under 5 Labour Acts with the e-biz portal of the Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP) so that various registrations required by a unit can be obtained through a single window.
The 5 Central Labour Acts covered in this process are:
· The Employees’ Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952
· The Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948
· The Contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Act, 1970
· The Building and Other Construction workers (Regulation of Employment & Conditions of Service) Act, 1996
· The Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment & Condition of Services) Act, 1979
A a unified Web Portal ‘ShramSuvidha Portal’, launched on 16.10.2014 is already catering to four major Organisations under the Ministry of Labour, namely Office of Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), Directorate General of Mines Safety, Employees’ Provident Fund Organization and Employees’ State Insurance Corporation.The ShramSuvidha Web-Portal activated the facility for allotment of LIN and the Transparent Inspection Scheme and subsequently facility for filing Online Single Annual Return under the 8 Central Acts was launched on 24.04.2015. Now it is to facilitate the returns under the Rules/Regulations under the Mines Act 1952 also on the ShramSuvidha Portal. Further, facility for online submission of Common Electronic Challan–cum-Return (ECR) for Employees’ Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) and Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) has been developed on the ShramSuvidha Portal.This service will reduce the transaction costs of business and make it easy and convenient for employer/establishment to meet their obligations. Thus it will not only be a leap towards better environment for business but also will motivate the informal economy to get formalized.