Finance Minister AH Mahmood Ali in his budget speech today said a target has been set to ensure compliance in 1550 factories in the ready-made garment sector during fiscal year 2024-25 (FY25) with a view to ensuring a decent work environment.
Placing the national budget for fiscal year 2024-25 in the Jatiya Sangsad, Ali said to ensure overall welfare and improve workers’ living standards, the process of creating a database by including information of 3 lakh workers in the first phase through a software named ‘Labor Information Management System (LIMS)’ is underway.
Together with this, a target has also been set to provide free primary healthcare services to 3.76 lakh workers and recreational services to 4.55 lakh workers, he said, adding that apart from this, to protect the fundamental rights of workers, a target has been set to provide training to 49,500 workers.
