Portal for Contract Labour Payment Management System launched

On 4 May 2016 Piyush Goyal, launched ‘Contract Labour Payment Management System’
•    It is a new portal of Coal India Limited (CIL).
•    This will help the government to curb problems like corruption and exploitation of contractual workers by contractors.
•    It has been planned to make payment to the contractors only after submitting a system generated declaration of compliance.
•    It is an integrated system for all subsidiaries of CIL.
•    The in-house developed application will maintain a comprehensive database of all contract workers in CIL and all its subsidiaries.
•    The portal will be managed by the Central Mine Planning and Development Institute (CMPDI), Ranchi.
•    The system has in-built mechanism to validate minimum wages paid, generate wage slips and employment card.
•    It provides access to all contract workers, through a Workers Identification Number (WIN)
•    It will allow contract workers to register their grievance.
•    The Nodal Officer at different locations in the company will monitor the process.
•    This will enhance proper monitoring of legal compliances under Contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Act.