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The dates of Lok Sabha elections 2024 have been announced. All the parties have geared up for this election. Before the Lok Sabha elections, Congress has promised 'Labor Justice'. Congress has promised to increase the minimum daily wage across the country to Rs 400 if voted to power. The Congress has alleged that the last 10 years of the Central government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi have been an 'unfair period' for the workers. The main opposition party also said that if voted to power, it would remove the darkness of injustice for workers through 'Labour Justice'. Congress has promised to increase the minimum daily wage across the country to Rs 400 if voted to power. The opposition party said that this labor will also be implemented in MNREGA.
Why did Congress Party bring 'Labor Justice'?
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge said in a post on 'X', why has the Congress party brought 'Labor Justice'? The real labor growth rate was less than 1% per year between 2014-15 and 2021-22 under the Modi government. It was just 0.9% for agricultural workers, just 0.2% for construction workers, and just 0.3% for non-agricultural workers.
He claimed that during the second term of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA), real agricultural and non-agricultural rural labor grew at an annual rate of 8.6% and 6.9% respectively. In contrast, the growth rate of real rural labor has turned negative for both agricultural (-0.6%) and non-agricultural rural labor (-1.4%) in the second term of the Modi government.
Kharge alleged that the Modi government has taken away the 'right to work' from 7 crore people in the last two years by making payment through Aadhaar mandatory in MNREGA. Referring to the five guarantees given under the 'Labor Justice' of the Congress Party, he said, 'The situation will worsen.'
The last 10 years have been an 'unfair period' for workers
Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh posted on X- Guarantee of labor justice will remove the darkness of injustice for the working people of the country. Jairam Ramesh claimed that there were six major injustices inflicted on workers in India during the last 10 years – decline in real wages, anti-employee labor codes and rising contracting practices, 'Modi-made de-industrialisation', decline in regular paying jobs. , increase in self-employment, phasing out of MNREGA and indifferent attitude towards labor during Covid-19.
Congress leader Sandeep Dixit told the media that the context behind labor justice is very important. The worst impact of Modi government has been on the areas where our farm labourers, laborers and laborers have been working.
41% people dependent on farming by 2016-17: Sandeep Dixit
He claimed that till 2016-17, 41 percent people were dependent on agriculture. According to PLFS data, more than 3 crore people took to farming till 2018-19. At the same time, after 2014-15, about 6.5 crore people have left employment in other places and joined the agriculture sector. This has happened for the first time in the history of India. On one hand, Prime Minister Modi is giving the slogan of 'Make in India', while on the other hand, people are leaving employment and going towards farming.
