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At least 24 states/UTs pre-publish draft rules on 4 codes: Labour Min

Labour reforms are progressing as at least 24 states have pre-published draft rules for four labour codes on wages, social security, industrial relations and occupation safety, Parliament was informed on Monday. As many as 31 states/UTs have pre-published the draft rules under the Code on Wages, 26 states/UTs under Industrial Relations Code, 25 states/UTs under Code on Social Security, and 24 states/UTs under Occupational Safety Health & Working Conditions (OSH) Code, Minister of State for Labour and Employment Rameshwar Teli said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha. 'Labour' as a subject is in the Concurrent List of the Constitution of India and under the Codes, the power to make rules has been entrusted to the central government as well as state governments. As a step towards implementation of the four Labour Codes, the central government has pre-published the draft rules, inviting comments of all stakeholders, he stated. Union Minister for Labour and Employment Bhupender Yadav .

Labour codes not to kick in from Friday even as states, UTs frame rules

The Centre has already finalised rules on all the four codes

EPFO adds 1.7 mn net subscribers in April, an increase of 35% YoY

Out of the total 17.08 lakh subscribers added during the month of April, around 9.23 lakh new members have come under the social security cover of EPF and MP Act, 1952, for the first time.

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Unemployment continues to worry

Over 10 crore unorganised workers registered on e-SHRAM portal: Ministry

Over 10 crore unorganised workers have been registered on the e-SHRAM portal as on Wednesday, the Ministry of Labour and Employment informed.The portal was created by the Directorate of Labour welfare on August 26 this year to register unorganised workers such as migrant workers, construction workers, gig workers, platform workers, domestic workers, street vendors etc, who are seeded to AADHAR.As per a press release of the ministry, West Bengal leads the states of maximum registration followed by Uttar Pradesh and Odisha."e-SHRAM is the reflection of the commitment of Prime Minister who believes in 'Sabka saat sabka vikas or sabka vishwas'," it read.In future, as per the ministry, more than 38 crores labourers will be benefitted from this social security scheme.

Registrations on e-shram portal cross 10-crore mark, shows data

The states with more than 1 lakh registrations are Uttar Pradesh (2.61 lakh), West Bengal (1.08 lakh) and Bihar (1.02 lakh), a ministry statement said

New Wage Rate Index series released; base year revised to 2016 from 1963-65

Ministry of Labour on Wednesday released a new series of Wage Rate Index (WRI) with base year 2016, being compiled and maintained by the Labour Bureau, an attached office of the ministry. The new series of WRI with base 2016=100 will replace the old series with base 1963-65, a labour ministry statement said. The government periodically revises the base year for major economic indicators to reflect the changes in the economy and to capture the wage pattern of workers, it said. Thus, as per the recommendations of International Labour Organization, National Statistical Commission etc, the base year of WRI numbers has been revised from 1963-65 to 2016 by the Labour Bureau to enhance the coverage and to make index more representative. The new series of WRI has increased the scope and coverage in terms of number of industries, sample size, occupations under selected industries, weightage of industries etc. Professor S P Mukherjee and other members of the expert group on Minimum Wages &

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Labour Min hikes minimum wages for central sphere workers from Oct 1

The average CPI-IW for the months of January to June, 2021 was used for undertaking the latest VDA revision

Over 40 million unorganised workers registered on e-Shram portal: Govt

The Ministry of Labour and Employment on Sunday said the number registrations has crossed 4-crore mark on e-Shram portal in less than two months of its launch. According to a labour ministry statement, workers in diverse occupations such as construction, apparel manufacturing, fishing, gig and platform work, street vending, domestic work, agriculture and allied, transport sector have registered on the portal. In some of these sectors, an overwhelming proportion of migrant workers are also engaged, it stated. All workers in the unorganised sector, including migrant ones, can now take the benefits of various social security and employment-based schemes through registration on the e-Shram portal. As per latest data, 4.09 crore workers have registered on the portal. Of these, around 50.02 per cent beneficiaries are female and 49.98 per cent are male. It is encouraging that equivalent proportion of men and women have been part of this drive, it stated. There has been weekly improvemen

Over 30 million unorganized workers registered on e-Shram portal

Minister of Labour and Employment Bhupender Yadav on Friday said more than 30 million unorganized workers have registered on e-Shram portal

Labour minister launches DigiSaksham to enhance employability of youth

Union Labour and Employment Minister Bhupender Yadav on Thursday launched DigiSaksham, a digital skills programme to enhance the employability of youth

17.1 mn workers of unorganised sector register on e-Shram portal:Labour Min

As of September 25, the statement said, as many as 1,71,59,743 workers have registered on the portal.

Labour codes unlikely to be implemented this fiscal year: report

The implementation of these laws assumes significance because once these are implemented there would be reduction in take-home pay of employees

e-portal for database on unorganised workers to come up on Thursday

Single-point reference to help authorities track workers in informal sector

Labour ministry mulls extending ABRY deadline to boost fresh hiring

The Labour Ministry is considering extending the timeline of the Atmanirbhar Bharat Rojgar Yojana (ABRY) till March next year, in a bid to boost fresh hiring in the country, said sources

No intention to delay fixing minimum wages, says labour ministry

Minimum wage is different for different categories of workers.

Minimum wage conundrum

Govt will need to strike the right balance

Labour ministry constitutes an expert group to fix minimum wages

The government has constituted an expert group led by Prof Ajit Mishra, that will give recommendations on fixation of minimum wages and national floor minimum wage. "The Ministry of Labour & Employment issued an order and has constituted the Expert Group to provide technical inputs and recommendations on fixation of Minimum Wages and National Floor Minimum Wages," a labour ministry statement said. Minimum wage is different for different categories of workers. National floor refers to the minimum level of wage that is applicable to all categories of workers across the country. The group has been constituted for a period of three years from the date of notification. To arrive at the wage rates, the group will look into the international best practices on the wages and evolve a scientific criteria and methodology for fixation of wages. The expert group is chaired by Prof Ajit Mishra, Director, Institute of Economic Growth. The members of the expert group include Prof Tarika ...

Labour ministry hikes variable DA for workers in central sphere

The hike, which will be effective from April 1, 2021, will also result in an increase in rate of minimum wages for central sphere employees and workers