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Labour drift: South India industry feels absence of Bengal, Assam workers

Companies in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka are offering incentives to migrant workers amid concerns over jobs, fuel costs and the impact of the West Asia crisis

Datanomics: Formal labour tag hides reality of industrial workers in India

Millions of them don't have clear job contracts and safety benefits

MGNREGA demand dips in April as fate of VB-G RAM G remains unclear

The drop in work demand in April, the first month of the financial year, is rather unusual as April usually sees good demand as panchayats are flush with funds

Mobile clinics, aid: Delhi govt announces welfare measures for labourers

Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Friday announced a slew of welfare measures for labourers, including setting up mobile health facilities at labour chowks, holding mass weddings for their daughters and providing them direct financial assistance. Interacting with construction workers at the Sant Nirankari Hospital construction site in Dhirpur on International Labour Day, Gupta said the government is committed to the welfare of labourers in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision. She said that the Delhi government also wants to provide assistance to workers for weddings and the education of their children and urged them to ensure that they are registered on the revived portal of the Delhi Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board (DBOCWWB) to avail the benefits of various government schemes. The chief minister said the Labour Department will hold special camps at labour chowks for the registration of workers. Soon, an honorarium will be provided to pregnant wom

Datanomics: Women's work remains largely unpaid in India's labour market

Women remain concentrated in unpaid helper roles and self-employment, with limited access to regular salaried jobs, mainly in rural areas

China likely to face closer scrutiny in US forced-labour probe: GTRI

A second trade investigation launched by the US into alleged forced labour practices across 60 economies, including India and China, is expected to place particular scrutiny on Beijing amid allegations of forced labour in the Xinjiang region, think tank GTRI said on Sunday. India's exports of solar panels, electronics and garments to the US may also face closer scrutiny under this new US investigation into forced labour in global supply chains, the Global Trade Research Initiative (GTRI) said. On March 12, the United States Trade Representative (USTR) launched a Section 301 probe, covering 60 economies. This is the second Section 301 probe this month. The investigations will determine whether acts, policies, and practices of each of these economies related to the failure to impose and effectively enforce a ban on the importation of goods produced with forced labour are unreasonable or discriminatory, and burden or restrict US commerce. The probe will examine whether countries allow

The Budget cannot ignore demography: Labour-intensive growth is key

A Budget that does not explicitly link demographic trends to regional labour-intensive growth strategies risks missing the core challenge

Seeing a blip: MGNREGA work demand is down nearly 32%, shows data

Some experts said that drop in demand is mainly due to an improvement in economic activity in rural areas

Govt to hold meet with states next week to finalise national labour policy

The Union Labour Ministry will meet state labour ministers on November 11-12 to build consensus on the draft Shram Shakti Niti 2025 and discuss expansion of social security coverage

Centre to notify Labour Code rules before winter session of Parliament

The four Codes that are part of the Centres's attempts to enact labour reforms have remained stuck, with neither the Centre nor the states moving to notify them yet

The job promises: Bihar continues to fuel India's migrant labour force

Bihar has often supplied many of the unskilled and skilled migrants required by states with more vibrant economies

3 labourers killed in building collapse in Kerala, labour dept orders probe

Three migrant labourers died when an around 40-year-old building, at Kodakara in this central Kerala district, where they were living, collapsed early Friday morning as they were getting ready for work, police said. According to the police officials and officers of the fire and rescue services who visited the spot, there were 17 migrant workers living in the building, and of them, 14 escaped without any injuries. The incident occurred around 6 am, and the entire rescue operation took around two and a half hours, according to the police. Subsequently, state Labour Minister V Sivankutty directed the Labour Commissioner to conduct a detailed enquiry into the incident and submit a report, his office said in a statement. It also said that the department will take all necessary steps to repatriate the mortal remains of the workers to their native places. Meanwhile, state BJP president Rajeev Chandrasekhar, in a Facebook post, termed the incident as tragic and extended his condolences to

Workers suffer in limbo as Centre shifts burden of labour reforms to states

Many, especially industries operating across state borders, are apprehensive that this will create an even more complex web of jurisdictions and laws

Sustained rise in labour productivity crucial for Viksit Bharat: NITI V-C

Industry should welcome Trump tariffs like it did 1991 reforms, says Suman Bery

Govt to release first monthly labour force data for April 2025 this month

The National Statistics Office under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation will start releasing the monthly employment numbers in the form of Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) from this month, starting with the data for April 2025. Besides, PLFS' quarterly numbers will now be brought out separately for rural, urban as well as the combined figures for rural and urban areas, according to a ministry statement. At present, the labour force survey is released on a quarterly as well as annual basis. The first monthly bulletin of PLFS for April 2025 is scheduled to be released in May this year, the statement said. The first quarterly bulletin of PLFS covering both rural and urban areas for the quarter April-June, 2025 is slated to be released in August 2025, it stated. "National Statistics Office (NSO), MOSPI continues its endeavour to enhance the scope, relevance and coverage of the surveys conducted by NSS. Key labour force indicators from PLFS at the all-India leve

House panel asks labour ministry to hold Labour Conference at earliest

The ILC, which was last held a decade ago, brings together representatives of workers, employers and the government

After nearly 4 decades, govt to revise farm and rural inflation gauges

The Labour Bureau has constituted an expert committee, chaired by National Statistical Commission member Asit Kumar Sadhu, to shift the base year from 1986-87 to the 2024-25 agricultural year

Britain pledges $775 million to tackle construction skills shortages

Housebuilding and improving British infrastructure are key parts of the Labour government's growth strategy

US jobless claims dip as labour market stays stable despite risks

Unions representing some of the civil servants have challenged the layoffs, resulting in reinstatements. Agencies have a Thursday deadline to submit plans for large-scale layoffs

Four labourers die of suffocation while cleaning water tank in Mumbai

Four labourers died of suffocation on Sunday while cleaning a water tank in an under-construction building in south Mumbai, officials said. They had put the death toll at five earlier. "The incident occurred at Bismillah Space building located on Dimtimkar Road in the Nagpada area around 12.30 pm. Five persons entered the tank and fell unconscious. They were rescued by fire brigade personnel and rushed to JJ Hospital, where doctors declared four dead on arrival," a civic official said. He identified the deceased as Hasipal Shaikh (19), Raja Shaikh (20), Jiaulla Shaikh (36) and Imandu Shaikh (38), while the fifth person, Purhan Shaikh (31) is recuperating. An accidental death report (ADR) was registered and a probe has begun to find out lapses, if any, on the part of those who hired the five and whether safety protocols were adhered to, a JJ police station official said. Action will follow as per the findings of the probe, the police official added. Fire Brigade, BMC and police ..