Ministry of Labour & Employment

Child Labour is an outcome of various social economic problems such as poverty, economic backwardness, lack of access to basic services, illiteracy, etc. The Government is pursuing multipronged strategy to eliminate child labour and has…

SAMADHAN Portal was launched for facilitating filing of industrial disputes by the workmen, employers and trade unions under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947. It also has facilities for filing of claim cases by workers under the Payment of…

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

The Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948 is applicable to all factories and establishments, other than seasonal factories, having ten or more employees, drawing wages up to Rs 21,000/- (Rs. 25,000/- for persons with disability).  As such,…

Government of India has launched eShram portal on 26.08.2021 with an objective to create National Database of Unorganised Workers (NDUW). eShram portal is meant to register and support the unorganised workers by providing them a Universal…

The provisional payroll data of ESIC reveals that 23.05 lakh new employees have been added in the month of May, 2024. 20,110 new establishments have been brought under the social security ambit of the ESI Scheme in the month of May, 2024…

Union Minister for Labour and Employment, Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya, expressed gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the visionary Union Budget 2024-25, which will open new avenues for the welfare of farmers, the poor, youth, and women.…

The Government is implementing the Unorganised Workers Social Security Act (UWSS), 2008, to provide social security to unorganized workers by formulating suitable welfare schemes on the matters relating to: (i) life and disability cover;…

Ministry of Labour and Employment issued advisories to States / Union Territories with request to issue necessary directions to employers / industries to take effective steps to mitigate the adverse effects of extreme hot weather on workers…

As per the latest available Annual PLFS Reports, the estimated Unemployment Rate (UR) on usual status for persons of age 15 years and above was 4.2%, 4.1% and 3.2% during 2020-21, 2021-22 and 2022-23, respectively. The data indicates that…