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ABRY benefitted over 60 lakh beneficiaries in pandemic: Labour minister

The Aatmanirbhar Bharat Rojgar Yojana (ABRY) meant for creating employment during the pandemic benefitted 60.13 lakh beneficiaries, Parliament was informed on Monday. The ABRY was launched on October 1, 2020, to incentivise employers to create new employment and restore employment lost during the COVID-19 pandemic. "The terminal date for registration of beneficiaries was March 31, 2022. As on November 28, 2022, benefits have been provided to 60.13 lakh beneficiaries," Minister of State for Labour & Employment Rameshwar Teli said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha. Employment generation coupled with improving employability is the priority of the government. Accordingly, the government has taken various steps to deal with the problem of unemployment in recent times, Teli told the House. The government has announced the Aatmanirbhar Bharat package to provide stimulus to businesses and mitigate the adverse impact of COVID-19. Under this package, the government is providing fiscal ...

Layoffs deemed illegal if not carried as per Industrial Disputes Act: Yadav

Amid reports of mass layoffs by several firms, including in the IT sector, Labour and Employment Minister Bhupender Yadav on Thursday said any retrenchment and layoffs are deemed to be illegal if not carried out as per the provisions of the Industrial Disputes Act. The minister was replying in the Rajya Sabha to a question about whether the government has taken cognizance of the mass layoffs in various multi-national and Indian companies in the IT, social media, Edu Tech firms and related sectors. Matters relating to layoffs and retrenchment in industrial establishments are governed by the provisions of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (ID Act) which also regulates various aspects of layoffs and conditions precedent to retrenchment of workmen, said Yadav in reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha. As per the ID Act, establishments employing 100 persons or more are required to seek prior permission of the appropriate government before effecting closure, retrenchment or ...

Union labour ministry summons Amazon India over recent layoffs by company

The Union Labour Ministry has summoned Amazon India to appear before the deputy chief labour commissioner in Bengaluru in connection with the alleged forced terminations by the company

No employee was sacked, all resignations were voluntary: Amazon India

Amazon India said that it reviews its employees every year across verticals and checks if the organisation requires realignment

Labour ministry summons Amazon following complaint by employee union

NITES has written to the Labour Ministry alleging that Amazon India is forcing employees to quit

EPFO adds 1,682,000 net subscribers in September 2022: Labour ministry

Retirement fund body EPFO added 16.82 lakh subscribers on a net basis in September 2022, the labour ministry said in a release on Sunday. Year-on-year comparison of payroll data reflects a 9.14 per cent increase in net membership addition in September, 2022 compared to the corresponding month during last year in 2021, the ministry said. Around 2,861 new establishments have started complying under the Employees' Provident Funds & Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 ensuring social security cover to their employees. The net enrolment during the month is 21.85 per cent higher than the monthly average recorded during the last fiscal, according to the provisional payroll data of Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO). Of the total 16.82 lakh members added during the month, around 9.34 lakh new members have come under the coverage of EPFO for the first time, the data showed. Among the new members, highest number was registered for age group of 18-21 years with 2.94 lakh members. .

EPFO coverage to be expanded to 100 mn subscribers: Union labour minister

Union Labour Minister Bhupender Yadav on Tuesday said retirement fund body EPFO's coverage will be expanded to 10 crore subscribers from the existing level of 6.5 crore. At a function to mark the 70th foundation day of the Employees Provident Fund Organization (EPFO), Yadav said, "EPFO social security schemes ambit will be expanded. It will be increased from 6.5 crore subscribers to 10 crore." He also launched the EPFO Vision 2047 document. According to him, it is the biggest responsibility of the EPFO to reduce its litigations and increase the coverage. "We have subsumed 29 labour laws into four broad codes. These codes provide for expansion of social security schemes, including EPFO," the minister said.

Trade unions urge Centre to scrap four labour codes, convene conference

Write to labour minister Bhupender Yadav stating that the codes curtail the rights and protective provisions contained in existing statutes, impose more derogatory working conditions on workers

Employment exchange registrations yet to reach the pre-pandemic levels

Around 32.24 lakh jobseekers got registered on the employment exchanges during 2021, whereas only 20.7 lakh jobseekers were registered in 2020 pandemic year

18 states join National Career Service portal; What it does, who started it

Under the Ministry of Labour and Employment, the NCS portal acts as a bridge between job seekers and employers. It also provides career counselling and training to the candidates

New job creation slipped 10% in Omicron-hit March quarter, says govt

Mfg sector was worst hit with 140,000 job cuts, followed by education (22,204) and construction (8,954). IT/BPO created most new jobs at 370,000, followed by the health sector (93,701)

EPFO adds 1.8 mn subscribers in July, posts 24% YoY rise, shows data

Retirement fund body EPFO added 18.23 lakh new subscribers in July 2022, registering a 24.48 per cent rise as compared to the year-ago period, according to official data. The provisional payroll data of Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) released on Tuesday highlighted that of the total new members added in July, around 10.58 lakh members have come under the social security cover of EPFO for the first time, a labour ministry statement said. The data of new members joining EPFO has shown a growing trend since April 2022, it said. Out of 10.58 lakh new members added, approximately 57.69 per cent are in the age group of 18-25 years. This shows that first-time job seekers are joining the organised sector workforce in large numbers following their education and new jobs in the organised sector are largely going to the youth of the country. During the month, around 4.07 lakh members exited from the ambit of EPFO and 11.72 lakh members exited and rejoined EPFO. These members ha

EPFO likely to set up offices in Latin America, Africa soon: Report

With the new offices in other continents, the organisation is aiming to help the smaller countries in the region to develop their own social security

Labour ministry urges states to fastrack e-Shram portal registrations

The e- Shram portal is the first-ever national database of unorganised workers including migrant workers, construction workers, gig and platform workers, etc

PM Modi bats for remote work, flexible work hours, calls it the future

Modi said that India missed taking advantage of the first three industrial revolutions because it couldn't keep pace with the changing nature of work

Over 70% unorganised workers registered in year since e-Shram portal launch

National labour conference being held today to discuss providing social welfare schemes to card holders

PM Modi to address first labour ministers' conference in eight years

Move comes in the backdrop of PM's vision for the next 25 years in preparation for 100th year of independence; 44th session of the National Labour Conference has been named Vision Shramev Jayate @2047

PM to address conference of labour ministers of all states, UTs on Aug 25

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Thursday address a national conference of labour ministers of all states and union territories, his office said. The conference is being convened in the spirit of cooperative federalism to discuss various significant labour-related issues, the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) said in a statement on Tuesday. Prime Minister Modi will address the national conference of labour ministers of all states and union territories on August 25 at 4:30 pm via video conferencing, it said. The two-day conference is being organised by the Union Ministry of Labour and Employment on August 25-26 at Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh. The conference will help create further synergy amongst the Centre and state governments in formulating better policies and ensuring effective implementation of schemes for the welfare of workers, the statement said. It will have four thematic sessions -- integrating e-Shram portal for on-boarding social security schemes to universalise social ..

Centre to push states to introduce labour codes 'as soon as possible'

When asked about the timeframe on introducing the Codes, sources said this would be done "as soon as possible". "We are talking to all states," the official cited above said

Delhi govt's worker training scheme: A wait for compensation, better wages

Mission Kushal Karmi, launched by Delhi govt in July, aims to train 200,000 workers in one year