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more-inThe task of identifying the 40 crore unorganised workers and giving them a permanent number to extend welfare schemes will be completed in the next six months, Union Minister of State for Labour and Employment Santosh Gangwar has said. Union Minister of State for Labour and Employment Santosh Gangwar at the Etikoppaka toy stall at a Swadesi Crafts Mela in Visakhapatnam on Monday. In the unorganised sector beedi and mining and others, workers could not derive the full benefit of the cess collected in the earlier regime, the Minister pointed out. ESI hospitalMr.
Gangwar said the land was handed over by the State government for the proposed ESI hospital in Visakhapatnam on December 22. He announced that it would be upgraded to 500 beds and work would begin in March during his next visit to the city..