PM Gati Shakti Boosts Social Security, Expands Health Infrastructure

May 13, 2024

Recently, the Ministry of Labour and Employment joined the PM Gati Shakti site. Strengthening health infrastructure and social security measures in industrial places and Special Economic Zones (SEZs) is the main goal. According to Sumita Dawra, secretary of the ministry, this project aims to use a lot of building data from the port to improve workers’ social security in these growing areas.

Initial Steps and Geotagging Initiatives

The ministry started by geotagging about 1.3 million buildings that were part of the Employees’ Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) and about 1.5 million buildings that were part of the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC). This included 104 ESIC hospitals. This geotagging is an important step in figuring out how to improve service coverage and see what areas are already covered.

Expanding Coverage in SEZs

Exploring 268 Special Economic Zones (SEZs) through the Gati Shakti platform as part of strategic growth will give many workers in these zones access to social security programs. By doing this, the safety net for workers will be strengthened, providing more coverage and benefits.

Integration with Other Schemes

The government wants to add more programs to the PM Gati Shakti portal in the future. With a focus on services for people with disabilities, this includes National Career Services centers. The growth plan for these centres helps the most vulnerable groups and is open to everyone.

Addressing Challenges for Pensioners

Fixing the problems that seniors have with sending in their digital life awards is a real benefit of this project. Using geotagging to find pensioners, the ministry hopes to make concentration maps on the site that will help medical groups like the ESIC better target and serve their patients.

About PM Gati Shakti portal

The Indian government launched the PM Gati Shakti Portal, which is a game-changing project that aims to create a comprehensive plan for building up infrastructure all over the country. This website is a complete GIS-based platform that brings together planned and current infrastructure projects from many different fields, including shipping, aviation, roads, and railways. The main goal of the Gati Shakti Portal is to make sure that projects are planned and carried out in a coordinated way, to cut down on delays in implementation, and to boost economic growth by making it easier for people and things to move around.

About special economic zones (SEZs)

Special Economic Zones, or SEZs, are places within a country that are set apart and have different economic rules than other areas. These areas were made to bring in foreign direct investment (FDI), boost growth based on exports, and make jobs available. In SEZs, businesses can get tax breaks, lower tariffs, and easier regulatory processes, among other things. SEZs usually focus on certain types of businesses, like manufacturing, technology, or banking. They are very important to a country’s economic plan because they improve trade and industrial growth around the world. But SEZs are also criticized for pushing out local people and making the economy less fair.

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