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Govt to set up panel for National Employment Policy
The central government has planned to set up a committee for National Employment Policy (NEP), which seeks to create a roadmap for improving job opportunities in India. Highlights The committee will comprise of representatives from Ministry of labour and other ministries. It will also include prominent people from industry. It will be a high-powered committee, ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2021
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs • Legal & Constitution Current Affairs
Topics: All-India Quarterly Establishment-based Employment Survey • E-shram portal • Labour Ministry • national employment policy • Panel for National Employment Policy • Unemployment in India
Labour ministry to launch e-Sharm Portal
The labour ministry is set to launch a National Database for Unorganised Workers (NDUW) or e-Sharm portal on August 26, 2021. Highlights This portal will help in bringing millions of unorganised workers in India on a common platform. as per an estimate, 92% of India’s workforce of 500 million is unorganised. They are often deprived ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2021
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs
Topics: COVID-19 • e-Sharm Portal • Informal Sector • Labour Ministry • National Database for Unorganised Workers (NDUW)
Labour Ministry & BECIL sign agreement to conduct Survey
The “Labour Bureau”, which is an attached office under the Ministry of Labour & Employment had signed an agreement with the “Broadcast Engineering Consultants India Limited (BECIL)”, which is an enterprise under Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, have signed a service level agreement in order to provide the technical and manpower support to the Labour ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2021
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs
Topics: Broadcast Engineering Consultants India Limited (BECIL) • Labour Bureau • Labour Bureau surveys • Labour Ministry • migrant labour
Industrial Relations Code, 2020 to be implemented by April 2021
The Ministry of Labour recently notified the draft rules for the Industrial Relations Code, 2020. The rules are to be implemented by April, 2021. Highlights The Industrial Relations Rules, 2020 is to supersede the Industrial Tribunal (Central Procedure) Rules, 1949, Industrial Tribunal (Central Procedure) Rules, 1954, Industrial Employment (Standing Order) Central Rules, 1946 and Industrial ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2020
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs
Topics: DRDO • Industrial relations • ISRO • Labour Code on Industrial Relations • labour laws • Labour Ministry
Marginal decline in number of job seekers
The Union Labour Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar recently informed that the number of job seekers in the country marginally declined between 2015 and 2017 from 4.35 crore in 2015 to 4.24 crore in 2017. This is the count of job seekers who registered on live register of employment exchanges. The minister also added that all ..
Topics: Employment • Indian Economy • Labour Ministry