Ministry of Labour and Employment

The main objectives of the Ministry of Labour and Employment are the following : Labour Policy and legislation; Safety, health and welfare of labour; Social security of labour;
Policy relating to special target groups such as women and child labour; Industrial relations and enforcement of labour laws in the Central sphere; Adjudication of industrial disputes through Central Government Industrial Tribunals cum Labour Courts and National Industrial Tribunals.

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Shram Shakti Bhawan

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110 001

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Ministry of Labour and Employment

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People, Workers, Women, Child Labour, Poverty, Unemployment, Delhi

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Gujarat projects to score most at green panel meet

Nine out of total 26 pending projects are from Gujarat - eight of which relate to renewal of salt leases

Publication Date:

16/07/2014

Author(s): Somesh Jha

Source: Business Standard (New Delhi)

Tags:

Gujarat, Jamnagar (D), Salt Industry, Environment Clearance (EC), Marine NP (G), Biodiversity, Mangroves, Wildlife, Ministry of Labour and Employment, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Environment

Poverty

Priority is finding new wage base: NREGA panel

Currently wages are linked to CPI AL

Mahendra Dev, who heads the committee set up by the rural development ministry to determine a new index for wages under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), has said his job is not to engineer an increase in wages to suit political interests.

Publication Date:

27/11/2013

Source: Business Standard (New Delhi)

Tags:

National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), Ministry of Labour and Employment, Agriculture, Poverty

Economy

Survey: Sikkim has maximum unemployment

About 13.3 per cent of youth in the country are unemployed according to the third annual employment and unemployment survey report conducted by the Labour Bureau of the Union Ministry of Labour and

Publication Date:

20/09/2013

Source: Tribune (New Delhi)

Tags:

Unemployment, Sikkim, Ministry of Labour and Employment, Arunachal, Tripura, Goa, Kerala, Pondicherry, Lakshadweep

Mining

New mines act will tighten supervision of mines

The new mines act will tighten supervision of mines and on coal companies outsourcing labourers in the restricted area, Union minister of state for Labour and Employment K Suresh said today.

Publication Date:

03/04/2013

Source: Business Line (New Delhi)

Tags:

Mining, Parliament, Coal India, Jharkhand, Ministry of Labour and Employment, Coal

Mining

Bill to amend Mines Act in monsoon session

New Delhi The labour ministry is planning to move a Bill to amend the Mines Act in the Monsoon session of Parliament, which proposes an increase in penalties on mining companies by as much as 100% in case of death of workers due to any lapse in operations, a senior government official said on Thursday. The Bill will also enlarge the coverage of workers in special economic zones, territorial waters, continental shelf and other maritime zones, where oil explorations are being carried out.

"The Bill will address the safety issues of mining workers. We are trying to introduce the Bill in Monsoon session," a labour ministry official told FE.

Publication Date:

27/07/2012

Author(s): Raj Kumar Ray

Source: Financial Express (New Delhi)

Tags:

Mineral-Based Industry, Parliament, Coal, Mining Waste, Health Effects, Legislation, Planning Commission, Ministry of Labour and Employment, Compensation, Mining Accident, Mining