Currently, apprentices are allowed largely in the manufacturing sector. The definition of establishment needs to be changed to include any ...

Labour ministry has sought public comments on draft rules required to implement the recently amended Apprentices Act, 1961.

The ministry also managed to get two bills - Apprentices Amendment Bill 2014 and the Labour Laws Amendment Bill, 2014 passed in both the Ho...

Key changes include dropping the clause that mandates imprisonment of company directors that fail to implement provisions of Apprenticeship...

The Bill was passed by voice vote with a majority of speakers favouring the legislation, saying it is aimed at enhancing the skills of yout...

He said after the passage of the bill, the number of apprentices will increase to a large extent in the country from its present standards.

"But now after opening up of the Act and once it is passed in Rajya Sabha, the number of apprentices seats will go up to 23 lakhs," Tomar s...

The Opposition alleed that it was part of "pro- industry" labour reforms which was being opposed by all trade unions, including RSS-backed ...

Parliamentary Affairs Minister Venkaiah Naidu said the govt is committed to passing important legislations and would extend the current ses...

Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge today earned the wrath of Parliamentary Affairs Minister M Venkaiah Naidu in the Lok Sabha.

The opposition parties are further ganging up to block other Bills as well in the Upper House where the Treasury Benches are in a minority.

Congress has decided to object to four key amendments in the labour laws introduced by govt this week, setting the stage for another confro...

The bill is meant to enable establishments to set up apprenticeship programmes faster and those which are more effective for the industry

M Venkaiah Naidu and Arun Jaitley held fresh rounds of discussions with Anand Sharma to break the deadlock but the status quo continued.

The Cabinet had cleared amendments to the Factories Act, the Apprentices Act and the Labour Laws Act to make them more compatible for labou...

The government's efforts to reform a failed 50 year-old law on apprenticeship - a form of on-the-job-training - have got stalled over the p...

A bill seeking to provide more benefits to employees covered under Employees State Insurance scheme and their dependents in case of sicknes...