Ministry of Labour & Employment

The Central Sector Schemes of Ministry of Labour and Employment being implemented are listed below: Labour Welfare Scheme (LWS) for welfare of Beedi/Cine / Non-Coal   Mine workers and their family members covering three components…

The KLEMS (K: Capital, L: Labour, E: Energy, M: Materials and S: Services) database published by  Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) provides employment estimates at all India level including public and private sectors. As per the latest data of…

At present, there are 165 Employees’ State Insurance  (ESI) hospitals in the country, out of which 106 hospitals are run by the states and   59 hospitals are run by the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC). The average bed…

The Ministry of Labour & Employment has launched eShram portal, a National Database of the Unorganised Workers on 26th August, 2021. It has been made available to the States/UTs for registration of unorganised workers including migrant…

The Minimum Wages Act, 1948 provides that minimum rate of wage may consist of, inter-alia, basic rate of wages and cost of living allowances. The Central Government revises the cost-of-living allowance called as Variable Dearness…

For the first time, the definition of ‘gig workers’ and ‘platform workers’ has been provided in the Code on Social Security, 2020. As per an estimation by NITI Aayog vide its report titled “India`s Booming Gig and Platform Economy”…

Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has added 19.50 lakh net members in the month of May 2024. The addition during the month is the highest since the first payroll data was issued in April 2018. Further, the year-over-year…

The Labour Bureau, an attached office of the M/o Labour & Employment, has been compiling Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers every month on the basis of retail prices collected from 317 markets spread over 88 industrially…

The recent research report by Citigroup on Employment in India quoted by some of the print and electronic media, which forecasts that India will struggle to create sufficient employment opportunities even with a 7% growth rate, fails to…

Smt. Sumita Dawra, Secretary, Ministry of Labour & Employment, Government of India participated in an industry interaction organised by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and the Employers’ Federation of India (EFI) on 5th July 2024…