Sir, 80 percent population of this country lives in / villages and a majority of them are landless labourers and // marginal farmers. Out of this 80 percent that is seventy Ill crores of rural population, more than thirty crores are landless (1) labourers. They live below the poverty line. Really speaking, there/is no legal provision for their well-being and welfare. // The urban labour is less than ten crores and the Ill Government has taken many steps and measures for their well (2) being and upliftment.Sir, I would like to tell some/ of the measures taken by the Government for the welfare II of the urban labour. There is an Act governing industrial Ill relations and disputes. There are workers' committees, joint management councils, (3) National Commission on Labour etc. The Government has also taken I many steps for social security like Employees' State Insurance Scheme, II Employees' Provident Fund, Family Pension, Maternity benefits etc. for this /// industrial and urban labour. There is also the Central Board(4) of Workers' education, the objective of which is to create / a well­ informed and responsible labour force, capable of organizing II the running trade unions on a sound basis. All these Ill measures are taken for the benefit of labourers. (5) Submit