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Can’t take our people without permission: UP CM Yogi Adityanath says govt nod must to hire workers from state

The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to set up a Migration Commission for employment of migrant labourers in the state. UP CM Yogi Adityanath also said those states, who want migrant workers back, will have to seek the state government’s permission.

HIGHLIGHTS

    If states want UP migrant workers back, they have to seek permission: Adityanath
    UP govt has decided to set up a commission for employment of migrant workers
    CM: These workers are our biggest resource and will give them employment in Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath said any state that wants to hire migrant workers from UP will first have to seek an approval from the state government.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Sunday that the government’s nod is required to ensure socio-legal-monetary rights of the migrant workers.

The UP CM also announced on Sunday that the state government has decided to set up a Migration Commission for employment of migrant labourers in the state. The process of skill mapping of these migrant workers already being done in UP, Yogi Adityanath said.

"These workers are our biggest resource and will give them employment in Uttar Pradesh as state government is going to set up a commission for their employment,” Yogi Adityanath said as he added that migrant labourers were "not properly taken care of" by various states in the wake of the coronavirus lockdown.

"They are our people... and if some states want them back, they have to seek permission from the state government," Yogi Adityanath said.

The Uttar Pradesh CM said safeguarding rights of the migrant workers should get utmost attention and importance. “All migrant workers are being registered and their skills mapped. Any state or entity interested in inviting migrant workers will need to assure and provide for their socio-legal-monetary rights,” Yogi Adityanath said.

About the commission, Adityanath said it has been proposed to look into various factors associated with migrant workers’ rights and to prevent exploitation while providing an official framework to ensure socio-economic-legal support for them.
"Insurance, social security, re-employment assistance, provision for unemployment allowance are some of the factors that will be looked into by the commission," he said.

23 lakh migrants have returned to UP

Over 23 lakh migrant workers have returned to Uttar Pradesh so far by the efforts of the state government, the CM said, and added that a large number of them returning from Mumbai and Delhi tested positive for the novel coronavirus.

The state government has made all necessary arrangements for them and, if necessary, will keep them in quarantine facilities, Adityanath said.

By next week, he said, all migrant labourers who want to come back will reach the state and arrangements for their screening and journey to their final destinations have been made.

About generating new employment opportunities in Uttar Pradesh, Adityanath said a German company is shifting its production facility from China to India and may start manufacturing more than 30 lakh shoes in Agra.