Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
As per National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM), Indian IT/ITeS industry employs 41.38 lakhs persons as of FY 2018-19(E), adding around 1.7 lakhs employees (including women) from previous year. The technology automation has not replaced workers, but improved productivity and provided workers the time to focus on other …
The continuing presence of child labour in the country is a reflection of the fact that implementation of the laws at the State and district levels has been lacking, the top official of the Union Labour and Employment Ministry said on Wednesday. Though the number of children engaged in labour …
The Report has its momentum as the Code on Wages Bill aims to ensure universal wage protection for all workers, which will benefit millions of persons in India. Apart from universalizing wage protection coverage, it is also of utmost importance to set minimum wages at a level which ensures a …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of National Campaign Committee for Central Legislation on Construction Labour Vs Union of India & Others dated 10/11/2017 regarding effective implementation of the Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996. Secretary in the …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of National Campaign Committee for Central Legislation on Construction Labour (NCCCL) Vs Union of India & Others dated 30/10/2017 regarding state of construction workers in India. Affidavit filed on behalf of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India reveals the …
Nine out of total 26 pending projects are from Gujarat - eight of which relate to renewal of salt leases The Union environment ministry is expediting projects, awaiting environmental clearance, in Gujarat. In its next Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) meeting scheduled for Thursday-Friday, one-third of the total projects to be …
Currently wages are linked to CPI AL Mahendra Dev, who heads the committee set up by the rural development ministry to determine a new index for wages under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), has said his job is not to engineer an increase in wages to …
About 13.3 per cent of youth in the country are unemployed according to the third annual employment and unemployment survey report conducted by the Labour Bureau of the Union Ministry of Labour and Unemployment. Interestingly, the highest unemployment percentage is among graduates, which is around 14 per cent, while there …
The new mines act will tighten supervision of mines and on coal companies outsourcing labourers in the restricted area, Union minister of state for Labour and Employment K Suresh said today. “The act will give lethal power in supervision of mines and help in fixing ultimate responsibility for accidents,” Suresh …
New Delhi The labour ministry is planning to move a Bill to amend the Mines Act in the Monsoon session of Parliament, which proposes an increase in penalties on mining companies by as much as 100% in case of death of workers due to any lapse in operations, a senior …
Shillong, July 19: The hopes of rescuing the 15 miners who were reportedly trapped inside a coal mine since July 6 in Meghalaya’s South Garo Hills is receding with every passing day. After the rescue operations by the skilled National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel were called off on July …
Saving the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) — the centrepiece of UPA-I’s achievements in the social welfare sector — from its many critics in government and the media who view it as a drain on the exchequer will head the Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council (NAC)’s agenda …
A recent report on Employment and Unemployment survey 2011-12 reveals some cheering facts for Gujarat and some surprising facts for certain states of the nation. The lowest unemployment rate was in Gujarat, just 1%. While the largest numbers of unemployed persons were found in Kerala and West Bengal. As per …
JAIPUR: In an effort to curb unsafe mining, the state government has decided to conduct training in mines safety in the 19 silicosis-affected districts. The training to lease holders will be imparted by the department of mines and geology in collaboration with the director general of mines safety (DGMS). The …
State takes lead in using biometric data from RSBY cards, first phase likely in May. Chhattisgarh government plans to plug leakages in the public distribution system by identifying the beneficiaries through biometric data stored in the smart cards being used to deliver health insurance to the poor. The state government …
The Jammu and Kashmir government today approved a report of a committee on the empowerment of panchayats and two Bills, including an amendment to the State Vigilance Commission Act, to be tabled in the forthcoming session of the state Assembly. The decisions were taken at a Cabinet meeting, chaired by …
New Delhi To streamline policy- making in the automotive sector, the government is going to set up a ‘National Automotive Board’ within next three months which will seek to bring important stakeholders on board. The proposed new body would deliberate on most aspects concerning the automotive industry including the viability …
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has formed a Group of Ministers (GoM) headed by Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar to look into and resolve inter-ministerial differences that forced deferment of the new National Manufacturing Policy by the Union Cabinet last week. The National Manufacturing Policy, placed before the Cabinet on September 15, …
Bhopal : The Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has extended an invitation to the industrialists to invest Madhya Pradesh during a symposium on ‘Investment Opportunity in Madhya Pradesh’ organized at Hotel Raffles in Beijing today. On this occasion, China Council for Promotion of International Trade Vice President Dong Songgen was …
Differences delay mfg policy again: Labour, Environment Mins Differ With Commerce, Industry On Workers, Green Laws New Delhi: Differences within the government have deferred a cabinet decision on the much-awaited national manufacturing policy (NMP) with the policy to be further vetted to iron out issues regarding relaxing environmental and labour …
