Mandi (Himachal Pradesh), Feb 23 : Labour and Employment Minister Oscar Fernandes laid the foundation stone of Himachal Pradesh''''s first Employees State Insurance
Corporation Medical College at Nerchowk in Mandi District''''s Balh area on Monday.

The Employees Insurance Scheme (ESI) medical college, a one thousand crore rupees project, is also nation''''s first such college. It will have state of the art design and
facilities.

Speaking on the occasion, Fernandes said the first academic session of the college would start in 2011-2012. He also said that 14 per cent of the seats would be reserved

Faridabad, Feb. 10: Minister of State for Labour and Employment Oscar Fernandes on Monday said the Government is seriously contemplating comprehensive amendments in the Factories Act, 1948 that would require the concerned agencies to come together periodically and deliberate upon the matters of Occupational Safety and Health.

While inaugurating the Regional Labour Institute at Faridabad in Haryana, Fernandes said the National Policy on Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) has been approved by the Government, and is in its final stage.

New Delhi, Oct 21 : Minister of Labour and Employment Oscar Fernandes has informed the Lok Sabha that Uttar Pradesh tops in child labour prevention followed by Rajasthan and Bihar as the maximum number of children in the age group of 5-14 year were rescued and rehabilitated.

During the year 2007-08, Fernandes said 71,479 children were withdrawn from work and enrolled in special schools under the National Child Labour Project (NCLP) in Uttar Pradesh.

Uttar Pradesh was followed by Rajasthan and Bihar where 39,601 and 34,650 children were withdrawn from work and enrolled in special schools.

With the unceasing violence taking place in Orissa and Karanataka, Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav and Labour Minister Oscar Fernandes have resolved to take up the issue before the Cabinet meeting which is scheduled to take place on Friday.

The matter needs to be reviewed and some concrete measures have to be taken before it gets worse. With Prime Minister Manmohan Singh citing the attacks on Christians in the States of Orissa and Karanataka as “acts of national shame” and the issue being aggravated, reaching a solution will be given a priority at the Meeting.

Union labour minister, Oscar Fernandes apologized for his controversial remarks about trade unions. Meanwhile, the central government has distanced itself from the statements of union minister. Oscar also assured stern actions against the culprits of the murder of the CEO of an Italy based-company in Noida.

In an instance where Aggression took form of Brutality when Greater Noida-based CEO of an Italian firm, L K Chaudhary was murdered by laid off contractual employees. While the news of the murder spread on Monday, an immediate meeting was called for on Wednesday, following Oscar Frenandes remarks on the incident.

His remarks sparked off a furore amongst the corporate houses and the UPA government when the Labour minister remarked that “simmering discontent” among the work force was the reason for the CEO’s murder.