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Turmeric Park at Armoor to be a reality
Union Minister of State for Labour Bandaru Dattatreya, who returned home after attending the G-20 Labour Ministers’ Conference in China from July 11 to 13, said India would be hosting BRICS officials’ meeting here on July 27 and 28 and BRICS Ministers’ meeting in Agra in September this year.
Hyderabad: Union Minister of State for Labour Bandaru Dattatreya, who returned home after attending the G-20 Labour Ministers’ Conference in China from July 11 to 13, said India would be hosting BRICS officials’ meeting here on July 27 and 28 and BRICS Ministers’ meeting in Agra in September this year.
Speaking to the media here on Saturday, Dattatreya said Prime Minister Narendra Modi was giving a lot of importance to employment generation in rural areas and had pumped Rs 1,824 crore as 90 percent share of the Centre in 2015-16 to Telangana State.
He urged the State government to utilise funds for creation of productive assets. He recalled that through a Direct Benefit Transfer Scheme, there was a saving of about 30 to 35 percent of the total funds. He said the Centre had been proactive and pumped a total of Rs 580 crore to 8,695 gram panchyats in Telangana State, funding each gram panchayat at an average of Rs 6.6 lakh directly.
The Union Minister also stated that the Centre was actively considering creation of Turmeric Park in Armoor of Nizambad District, Mirchi Park in Warangal and Khammam and Chenetha Park in Gadwal and Pochampally. He said a Central team would be visiting Armoor for selecting a place for setting up of the Turmeric Park.
Dattatreya said three Bills pertaining to his ministry - Amendments in Child Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) Act, 1986, Maternity Benefit Act, 1961, and Employees’ Compensation Act, 1923 would be introduced in Parliament soon.
He said he would shortly announce the restructuring of EPFO, creation of 21 zones from the existing 10, promotions to employees, extension of EPFO service in the coming days.
