The Karnataka Legislative Assembly on Thursday passed the Karnataka Motor Transport and Other Allied Workers’ Social Security and Welfare Bill, 2024, for providing social security and other benefits of motor vehicle drivers, conductors, cleaners, supervisors, station staff, line checking staff, booking clerks, cash clerks, depot clerks, time-keepers, watchman/attenders, and other unorganised workers engaged in motor transport.
The Bill aims at providing welfare measures to those working in garages, tyre retreading and resoling units, puncture shops, wheel balancing and alignment units, water washing units. The facilities provided would be similar to those provided for construction workers now.
It seeks re-appropriation of funds from the Karnataka Motor Vehicles Taxation Act, 1957, to finance social security and other welfare measures; and constitute a board for disbursement of the funds under schemes. The Bill also encompasses persons working in automobile body building units, tinkering electrical and AC units.
