Safai karmcharis will be given training: CM

Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das Monday said 'safai karmacharis' will be imparted training to bring them into skilled category.

The safai karmacharis(municipal sanitation workers) will be imparted three to five days training. Thereafter, their monthly remuneration will be increased to Rs 7053 from the present Rs 6,612, an official release said quoting Das.

All the mazdoors (workers) of the unorganized sector will also be made skilled, Das said while observing Prime Minister Narendra Modis birthday as 'Seva Diwas' at Banghadi here.

Stating that it has been decided to bring 'Safai karmacharis' in the category of labour force, Das said they can register themselves for Rs 10 to come into 'Mazdoor Kalyan Yozana', which will help them get up to Rs 4 lakh in case of death and accident.

They have to deposit Rs 100 in the welfare fund every year, he said.

A sum of Rs 30,000 would be given as assistance to female or male labourer during the marriage of their son or daughter, Das said.

Women 'Safai Karmacharis' will be given bicycle and their children reading in class 9 to 12 will be provided scholarship, he said.

The chief minister said 'Annapurna Yozana' will be started under which the mazdoors will get pure food for Rs 10, adding the first phase will begin in Ranchi, Dumka, Jamshedpur, Dhanbad, Bokaro and Palamau districts.