Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday praised the BJP-led NDA government’s efforts to make labour laws simpler in India, news agency ANI reported. Modi was addressing the celebrations conducted on the Foundation Day of Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana. The event was held on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Deen Dayal Upadhyaya, a leader of the Bhartiya Jana Sangh, a predecessor of the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP). 

During his address, the PM spoke about the labour code Bills that were passed in Parliament during the Monsoon Session. 

“The new labour reforms will transform the lives of our labour force. Till now, only 30% of the workers across the country were covered under the minimum wage guarantee scheme. Now, it will expand to workers of all the industries in the unorganised sector,” the PM said. 

“Earlier, there existed about 10,000 slabs of minimum wages for various sectors. Under the new labour reforms, these have been reduced to around 200 slabs,” he added.

Criticising the laws framed by the previous governments, Modi said, “Previous governments used to make a complicated web of promises and laws which farmers or labourers could never understand. But BJP-led NDA government has constantly tried to change this situation and has introduced reforms for the welfare of farmers.”

He also spoke about the three farm Bills that were passed in Parliament. 

“In last few years, NDA government made full efforts to connect farmers with banks. Over Rs 1 lakh crores transferred to over 10 crore farmers under PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana. Our effort was to provide KISAN credit cards to more and more farmers so they can avail loans easily,” the Prime Minister said.

He urged BJP workers to reach out to the farmers and make them understand the farm Bills, which have been recently passed in the Parliament. “All BJP Karyakartas should reach out to farmers on the ground and inform them in a very simplified language about the importance and intricacies of the new farm reforms, how these will empower them. Our ground connect will bust the lies and rumours being spread in virtual world.”

Modi also paid his tribute to Deen Dayal Upadhyaya during his address. “The path he has shown to every BJP worker instils confidence in us,” he said.