Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh today said, NDA government has taken a number of decisions in the past 5 years for the welfare of contractual employees. Replying to a question in Lok Sabha, Dr Singh cited PM Rozgar Protsahan Yojana and the increase of maternity leave for contractual employees from 12 weeks to 26 weeks. <br />''<br />''He said the government is trying to do away with a lot of rules that have become obsolete. The Minister said protection of the interests of contractors employees under Labour laws is enforced by the government to regulate the employment of contract labour, and payment of minimum wages and welfare of these employees.<br />''<br />''<br />''<br />''<br />''<table role="presentation" style="border-left: 1px solid black; border-top: 1px solid black;">''<tbody>''<tr>''<td style="border-right: 1px solid black; border-bottom: 1px solid black;"><img id=":m4_66" name=":m4" src="https://www.google.com/s2/u/0/photos/public/AIbEiAIAAABDCJSN59Hx9o7LMiILdmNhcmRfcGhvdG8qKGY1MjgwNmU4ZWI2NjMxNGQyMjMwYTIyMTk5NTMxMzE2YTdlNzBkYzMwAa5ZGnqDBaRzCWtgShSns1aejK2B?sz=40" jid="newsonair123@gmail.com" data-hovercard-id="newsonair123@gmail.com" /></td>''<td style="border-right: 1px solid black; border-bottom: 1px solid black;"><span id=":1gr" role="link" tabindex="0" jslog="21576; u014N:cOuCgd,Kr2w4b;" style="background-color: initial; color: #5f6368;">Reply</span><span id=":1mb" role="link" tabindex="0" jslog="21578; u014N:cOuCgd,Kr2w4b;" style="background-color: initial; color: #5f6368;">Forward</span><br />''<br />''</td></tr></tbody></table><br />''<br />''<br />''<br />''<br />