NEW DELHI:
Union labour ministry
in association with finance ministry’s department of financial services will launch a nationwide campaign on Saturday to open
bank accounts of workers
in both organized and unorganized sectors who do not have one.
Special camps will be organized in every district at specific locations to facilitate the workers to open bank accounts.
“We have already sent communications to all the state governments in this respect requesting their active cooperation.” said labour minister Bandaru Dattatraya.
The minister urged all the establishments, employers and the employees associations and everyone associated and seek their active involvement and cooperation to ensure that the needy workers are facilitated to access these camps and avail the services therein.
He added that the team comprising of district magistrates, lead district manager of the Bank and the Labour Officers of both Centre as well as state governments would decide the modalities of the camps including the locations within a district and coordination with the banking channels.