A report by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) named ‘A New Era of Social Justice’, has called upon the governments to ensure social justice and Social protection of workers. It cautioned the governments against persuing policies that give precedence to economic goals over social environments as it could aggravate unrest, as has been seen in the Arab countries recently.
The report also called upon the governments to invest in social protection of the millions of workers which will not cost them much. It cautioned the increasing joblessness and low quality job traps which will result in unrest and further problems.
Will the Government of India act on the ILO report? Or will it simply ignore the same as in the case of implementing the other ILO Resolutions on right to organise etc?
(Inputs from a report in Business Line)