New Delhi:  Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley  on Tuesday said that the making social security schemes accessible to unorganised sector workers is a major challenge.  Jaitley  said, government is keen to address at this juncture where the unorganised sector is growing at a faster pace. Speaking during his second Pre-Budget Consultative Meeting with the representatives of different Trade Union Groups in New Delhi yesterday, Mr Jaitley said, to make health and social security benefits accessible to un-organised sector workers like construction workers, migrant labourers, volunteers of different schemes like Anganwadi workers are one of the major priorities of the present government.

The Finance Minister further said that for employment generation, the Government has taken many initiatives like Make in India, Skill India, Mudra Yojana and National Career Service Portal. He said that around 9.63 lakh organizations have registered on National Career Service portal and 2.09 crore persons have also registered for employment on the same.

Finance Ministry said, the representatives of Trade Union Groups has suggested that the next Budget should be people oriented budget and help in creation of more jobs. It was suggested to increase the minimum wage to 15,000 rupees especially after the 7th Pay Commission recommended lowest scale starting from 18,000 rupees. It was also suggested to open a Worker’s Bank for general interest of workers.