Mysuru: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has been requested to impose an additional cess of 50 paise to Re. 1 on petrol and diesel for the welfare of workers in unorganised sector, said Labour Welfare Minister Santosh Lad, here yesterday.
Speaking after inaugurating awareness programme and distribution of smart cards for workers of unorganised sector organised by Labour Department in Kalamandira, Santosh Lad said the increase of cess on petrol and diesel would help in coming out of various other welfare schemes for the unorganised sector and revenue generated would be allocated to the Labour department.
