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Social security net to be spread wider for unorganised workersThe labour and employment ministry will introduce multiple measures in 2024 to enhance social security for over 380 million unorganised wor...05 Jan, 2025, 11.18 PM IST- Pension in works for 8.5 million construction workersThe government considers utilizing the ₹76,000 crore corpus from construction workers' cess to ensure a minimum pension for workers over 60...29 Oct, 2024, 12.20 AM IST
- Labour ministry urges states to fast-track integration of data with e-Shram portalIn a regional meeting in Chandigarh on Friday, Shobha Karandlaje, minister of state for labour and employment said the government aims to p...06 Sep, 2024, 08.28 PM IST
- Construction workers may get pan-India card, pensionUnder the Building and Other Construction Workers Act, 1996, state governments through their state welfare boards are mandated to frame and...26 Jun, 2023, 11.43 PM IST
- Labour minister Bhupender Yadav launches new features on eShram portal to enhance coverage for unorganised workersUnion Minister for Labour & Employment Bhupender Yadav launched new features in eShram Portal today (Monday), it stated. The new features a...24 Apr, 2023, 07.58 PM IST
- Government widens scope of e-Shram portal to include family details of unorganised workersAccording to the labour ministry, under the revamped portal the registered workers will now have access to employment opportunities, skilli...24 Apr, 2023, 05.24 PM IST
- Work on UP residential school in full swingThe Uttar Pradesh government is expediting work on the establishment of special residential schools for children of construction workers an...02 Nov, 2022, 11.37 PM IST
- Govt may use BOCW funds to push pension schemeA senior government official told ET that the labour ministry is contemplating using funds collected under the Building and Other Construct...15 Aug, 2022, 12.27 AM IST
- Labour ministry expands coverage of Atmanirbhar Bharat Rojgar Yojana“The scheme is intended to benefit a total of 71.80 lakh beneficiaries,” labour minister Bhupender Yadav said in response to a question in ...19 Jul, 2021, 03.13 PM IST
- Punjab govt announces free cooked food for poor COVID patients, Rs 3,000 for construction workersBeginning Friday, the poor and underprivileged COVID patients living in the state can call up helpline numbers 181 and 112 for delivery of ...13 May, 2021, 07.51 PM IST
- HC asks Delhi govt to provide medical assistance to construction workers infected with COVID-19“The counsel has suggested and we find merit in it that if any construction worker is found COVID-19 positive, he should be provided medica...22 Apr, 2021, 10.30 PM IST
- Punjab government hikes grant for marriage of construction workers' daughters to Rs 51,000Further, to ease the process of availing the benefit of the scheme, the chief minister has approved modification in the existing conditions...23 Jan, 2021, 05.23 PM IST
- During lockdown, States disbursed Rs 4957 crore to two crore construction workersUnion labour ministry has directed all states on the start of the lockdown to frame a scheme under section 22 (1) (h) of the Act for transf...23 Jun, 2020, 12.47 PM IST
- Migrants and companies get help to bridge the distanceRemittance provider PayNearby has tied up with the Retailers Association of India (RAI), state government Building and Other Construction W...10 Jun, 2020, 07.12 AM IST
- 12 lakh EPFO members withdraw Rs 3,360 cr retirement savings during lockdown: FMEarlier, on March 28, the EPFO allowed formal sector workers to withdraw a non-refundable advance from their retirement savings to deal wit...18 May, 2020, 11.45 AM IST
- Committee for Construction Workers opposes govt move to subsume labour laws into 4 codesThe repealing of the BOCW Act will lead to the closure of all the 36 state BOCW Boards, cancellation of about four crore registrations of c...07 Jul, 2019, 07.34 PM IST
- Enroll construction workers under EPF, MP Act: EPFO to regional PF offices“It is informed that the matter is being monitored at the highest level in government and this is an area flagged as of utmost concern,” le...27 Jan, 2016, 02.45 PM IST
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