Talking to the mediamen, Union Labour Minister Satyanarayan Jatia said that the proposed commission would be asked to submit its report within one year. He said this would form the base of the labour policy of the Union Government keeping in view the new economic policies after the globalisation process.

Jatia who was here to preside over the concluding session of the All India Rastra Bhasha Sammelan, said his ministry also proposed to set up a Central fund to help that section of labour whose employers did not deposit their Provident Fund contribution.

Jatia disclosed that Labour Ministry had also included some occupations where the child labour had been prohibited.

Replying to questions, Jatia said Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and Labour Ministry had also written to the Chief Ministers to ensure the enforcement of child labour laws.

Jatia said final report of the Wage Board would be submitted to the government by December end. He, however, said an interim report would be available by the begining of next month.

He said Indian Newspaper Society had asked for more time, but it was refused.

Replying to questions, the Union Labour Minister said it was wrong to say that the Wage Board was not provided adequate staff. He said all the facilities were provided to the board. He said the government was keen that the recommendations of the wage board were implemented as soon as possible. He said the government would also consider steps how to make the recommendations of the wage board mandatory.

Earlier, Jatia speaking at the concluding session of Rastra Bhasha Sammelan said Hindi was the best mode of expression for the sake of social Justice. He said no republic could be complete unless it had its own national language.

He was hopeful that the conviction and the dedication with which the Rastra Bhasha Academy was working to get Hindi its due place would also get its due status.

Jatia said Hindi was the only language which could bring the various regions nearer to one another.

Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal called upon the people to shed obsession for English. He said if the people at the high places including the political high ups would give due place to Hindi, the masses would automatically follow them. He, however, said incentive was needed to bring our national language to its proper status.

Swedesh Bharti, chairman of Rastriya Hindi Academy regretted that various sammelans of the Academy had sent about 300 resolutions to the Government of India, but only 14 were accepted.

He urged the President of India to issue an ordinance to replace Rajya Bhasha with Rastra Bhasa (national language) in Section 33 of the Constitution. He also demanded the reconstitution of the Parliamentary Rajya Bhasha Committee and it should be renamed as Parliamentary Hindi Implementation Committee.

Earlier, in the concluding session, the Sammelan adopted 12 resolutions including the recognition of Hindi as one of the languages of the United Nations.

Union Labour Minister and Himachal Chief Minister gave away first, second and third prizes to Surinder Kaushik and Lok Sabha secretariat Lok Nath Singh of Calcutta, Satish Kumar Ahuja of Bhopal for their working in Hindi in their official functioning.