NEW DELHI: Emphasising that human rights must be ensured for all, including the “person in the last mile”, President Droupadi Murmu highlighted that over the last decade India has moved ahead with a different approach – “from entitlement to empowerment & from charity to rights”.Murmu spoke of the work being done by govt to ensure that every-day essential services like clean water, electricity, cooking gas, healthcare, banking services, education, and improved sanitation become available to all. “This uplifts every household and secures dignity,” she said.The President described the notification of the four Labour Codes related to wages, industrial relations, social security and occupational safety, health and working conditions as a “transformative change” that lays foundation for a future-ready workforce & more resilient industries.Murmu was speaking at the National Human Rights Commission-hosted event in the capital. She said Human Rights Day is also an “occasion to remind us that the universal human rights are inalienable and they form the bedrock of a just, equitable, and compassionate society”.The President called upon every citizen to recognise that human rights are not sole responsibility of govts or NHRC, but that protecting rights of fellow citizens is a shared duty.
