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20,000 govt jobs given in last three years: Tripura minister Tinku Roy

Tripura Labour Minister Tinku Roy on Thursday claimed that 20,000 people have been recruited in various government departments in the last three years. During a discussion on the unemployment issue initiated by Congress MLA Sudip Roy Barman, the minister said 20,000 people have been recruited in different categories -- regular scale, contractual and fixed pay -- in the government sector in the last three years. The minister said the process has already begun to fill up 20,000 more posts in various government departments. He claimed that the number of registered unemployed youths has reduced from 7,41,305 on March 31, 2018 to 3,09,882 on March 31, 2024. "It is not true that job aspirants are frustrated... The number of registered unemployed across the state has reduced by almost double from 2018 to 2024 due to all-out efforts to address the issue," he said. Earlier, Roy Barman attacked the BJP-led government, saying, "The number of unemployed engineers stood at 1,800 while there ha

Infosys onboarding delays: Centre asks Karnataka to take appropriate action

The Union Labour Ministry instructed the Karnataka State Labour Commissioner's Office to address the situation and ensure compliance with relevant labour regulations

Labour ministry's eShram portal achieves 300 mn registration milestone

The national database of informal sector workers eSharm portal has crossed the 30-crore registrations milestone in a period of three years, the labour ministry said on Monday. This achievement highlights the social impact and the government's commitment to support unorganised workers across the country, a labour ministry statement said. According to the statement, the Ministry of Labour & Employment (MoLE) launched the eShram portal on August 26, 2021. In three years since its launch, eShram has registered more than 30 crore unorganised workers, showcasing its rapid and widespread adoption among the unorganised workers, it stated. The government envisages to establish the eShram portal as a "One-Stop-Solution" for the country's unorganised workers. During the Budget speech 2024-25 it announced that, "a comprehensive integration of eShram portal with other portals will facilitate such One-Stop-Solution." This initiative aims to facilitate access of various social security schemes

Labour ministry to launch revamped Shram Suvidha portal by year-end

The portal will leverage AI and machine learning to facilitate ease of doing business

Actuarial valuation of unorganised sector pension scheme in offing

Proposal requires estimating liability on account of benefit under the PM-SYM scheme

Labour Ministry to appoint actuary for valuation of PM-SYM pension scheme

The scheme has failed to pick up pace, even after more than five years since it was launched in March 2019

ESIC adds 2.167 mn new members in June, 7% higher than previous yr

Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) has added 21.67 lakh new workers under its ESI scheme in June 2024, which is about 7 per cent higher as compared to the year-ago period, showed the latest payroll data. The ESIC had added 20.27 lakh new members in June 2023, a labour ministry statement said. Of the total 21.67 lakh employees added during the month, 10.58 lakh workers accounting for around 49 per cent of the total registrations belong to the age group of up to 25 years, it said. Also, the net enrolment of female members was 4.32 lakh in June 2024. Besides, a total of 55 transgender employees got registered under the ESI scheme in June 2024. As many as 13,483 new establishments were brought under the social security ambit of the ESI scheme in June 2024, thus ensuring social security to more workers. The payroll data is provisional since the data generation is a continuous exercise.

Canadian immigration min says reform required in temporary worker programme

Labour Minister Randy Boissonnault is considering "a refusal to process in the low wage stream if the abuse and misuse does not improve," said labour ministry spokesperson Mathis Denis

Govt in talks with labour unions to get them on board for labour laws

To streamline operations and move towards universal social security, the government has consolidated 29 central labour laws into four labour codes

Mega meeting on Friday to plan central database for jobs, workforce

According to the labour ministry, policy reforms across sectors and government programmes have generated employment

11% increase in US dollar withdrawals in India since May 2023: Report

Software engineers, consultants made the most such withdrawals in 18 countries, says payroll company Deel

Labour minister to meet with 20 ministries on 'capturing' employment data

Meeting will on Friday review steps taken by ministries and departments for generating employment

EPFO officers raise concern over inadequate IT infra, seeks intervention

Employees' Provident Fund Officers' Association has sought the Union Labour Minister's intervention to improve the information technology infrastructure of the retirement fund body. In a letter to the minister earlier this week, the EPF Officers' Association (EPFOA) said it has been regularly submitting requests for urgent interventions to upgrade the EPF IT systems software, hardware, IT manpower - which are causing acute strain on EPF manpower and adversely affecting EPFO services. The situation has now turned serious with officers and offices reporting significant system deficiencies on a daily basis, the association said. Severely inadequate EPFO IT systems and resultant service bottlenecks are adversely affecting EPF services, it added. The EPFO application software serves as the foundational component of its service delivery infrastructure. The body said it is the primary platform through which our regional offices process and adjudicate member claims. In recent times, the

Retail inflation for industrial workers eases to 3.86% in May: Govt

Retail inflation for industrial workers eased to 3.86 per cent in May compared to 4.42 per cent in the same month a year ago. The Consumer Price Index-Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) was 3.87 per cent in April 2024, a labour ministry statement said. According to the statement, year-on-year inflation for May 2024 moderated to 3.86 per cent against 4.42 per cent in May 2023. The All-India CPI-IW for May 2024 increased by 0.5 points and stood at 139.9 points. It was 139.4 points in April 2024. The food and beverages group increased to 145.2 points in May from 143.4 points in April this year. The fuel & light segment dipped to 149.5 points in May from 152.8 points in April 2024. The Labour Bureau, an attached office of the Ministry of Labour & Employment, has been compiling the Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers every month on the basis of retail prices collected from 317 markets spread over 88 industrially important centres in the country.

Labour ministry rebuts Citigroup's research report on employment in India

The labour ministry on Monday rebutted a recent report by Citigroup which forecast that India will struggle to create sufficient employment opportunities even with a 7 per cent growth rate. The ministry in a statement said the report "fails to account for the comprehensive and positive employment data available from official sources such as Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) and the Reserve Bank of India's KLEMS data." The recent research report by Citigroup on employment in India, quoted by some of the print and electronic media, forecast that India will struggle to create sufficient employment opportunities even with a 7 per cent growth rate. Ministry of Labour and Employment strongly rebuts such reports which do not analyse all official data sources available in the public domain, it said. According to PLFS and RBI's KLEMS data, India has generated more than 8 crore (80 million) employment opportunities from 2017-18 to 2021-22. This translates to an average of over 2 crore (20

Labour ministry seeks report from Tamil Nadu govt in Foxconn incident

The statement further adds that section 5 of the Equal Remuneration Act, 1976, clearly stipulates that no discrimination is to be made while recruiting men and women workers

Govt looks to launch new index ranking states by their labour standards

The index is aimed to promote 'healthy competition' between states to improve labour welfare, productivity, social security coverage, and more

Implementing labour reforms may prove tricky for new coalition govt

While the four labour codes have already been passed by the Parliament, implementing them could prove tricky for the new coalition government led by prime minister Narendra Modi

NITES seeks probe from Labour Ministry as Infosys delays new hires

IT sector employee union NITES has urged the Ministry of Labour and Employment to probe repeated delays in the onboarding of over 2,000 campus recruits by tech major Infosys. Nascent Information Technology Employees Senate (NITES) alleged that the delays have persisted for more than two years, and caused significant hardship for the affected professionals, leaving them 'in a limbo'. Infosys did not comment on the matter. Harpreet Singh Saluja, President of Nascent Information Technology Employees Senate (NITES), In a statement, alleged that Infosys' actions constitute a "serious breach of trust" with these young professionals. "Many had turned down other job offers in good faith, relying on Infosys's offer letters. Now, they face financial hardship and uncertainty due to the lack of income and a clear onboarding timeline," he said. The union has written to the Ministry of Labour and Employment seeking an investigation into the matter, to ensure that Infosys fulfills its obligation

Taking the heat off: A thought for workers toiling at sweltering sites

Peak summer is also peak production time, but the mandated SOPs and heat action plans offer little respite