Ministry of Labour & Employment

Ministry of Labour and Employment is implementing the National Career Service (NCS) Project as a Mission Mode Project for transformation of the National Employment Service to provide a variety of employment related services like job…

India has assumed the rotating G20 Presidency for the year 2023, beginning from 01st December, 2022.The Ministry of Labour and Employment is conducting meetings of the Employment Working Group of The G20, which will culminate into the G20…

Shops and commercial establishments register with the respective States/ UTs. No such data is maintained by this Ministry.The Government had launched the National Pension Scheme for Traders and Self Employed (NPS-Traders), in September,…

The Central Government has enacted the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 to regulate the employment of contract labour in certain establishments and to provide for its abolition in certain circumstances. The Government…

As on 31.03.2023, the Employees’ State Insurance (ESI) scheme is notified in all the States and Union Territories, except in the Union Territory of Lakshadweep. Out of the 744 districts of the country, the ESI scheme is extended in 610…

The 2ndEmployment Working Group (EWG) Meeting under India’s G20 Presidency concluded today at Guwahati, Assam. Ms. Arti Ahuja, Secretary, Labour & Employment and G20 EWG Chair steered the discussions ensuring consensus is developed on…

The 233rd meeting of Central Board of Trustees, EPF was held today in Delhi under the Chairmanship of Shri Bhupendra Yadav, Union Minister for Labour & Employment and Environment, Forest & Climate Change. The Vice-Chairmanship of…

As per the Annual Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) Report 2021-22, the estimated percentage distribution of workers at All-India level in usual status by broad industry division as per National Industrial Classification (NIC) 2008 is…

In order to safeguard the interest of the migrant workers, the Central Government had enacted the Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1979. This Act has now been subsumed in the…

The data on Employment and Unemployment is collected through Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) which is conducted by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) since 2017-18. The survey period is July to June of…