Security guards to be accorded skilled worker status, says labour minister

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The Centre will fast track the process of according 'skilled worker' status to over 50 lakh private security guards in the country, labour minister Bandaru Dattatreya said on Wednesday. Speaking at an event organised by the Central Association of Private Security Industry (CAPSI), the minister said, “The labour ministry will soon call upon state labour ministers and work out the policy modalities for introducing the new labour laws in states that seek to bring the private security guards under the organised sector.”