India’s invisible workforce gets a new safety net: Key labour reforms for migrant employees decodedIndia's inter-state migrant workers gain significant protections under new labour code rules notified on May 8, 2026. The Occupational Safe...
15 May, 2026, 03.00 PM IST
View: Tap into work supply-demandWith the Covid-19 pandemic here to stay, at least in the foreseeable future, implementation and monitoring of health and hygiene regulation...
23 Jun, 2020, 11.31 PM IST
Unorganised sector workers may get IDsThe new look 'Unorganised Worker Identification Number (U-WIN)' will be seeded with Aadhaar and have expanded coverage. Besides, it would i...
31 May, 2020, 11.08 PM IST
Govt issues 18 lakh Labour Identification NumbersLabour Identification Numbers are provided to businesses enabling them to submit returns and get various registrations required under labou...
24 Nov, 2016, 10.12 PM IST
U-Win card to be scaled down to avoid overlap with AadhaarThe U-Win card, launched on a pilot basis in Gujarat last year by Modi, was to eventually replace the smart card issued under the Rashtriya...
09 May, 2016, 02.24 AM IST
Companies will have unique ID no. to carry out businessThe Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) and the ministry of corporate affairs are integrating their back-end operations to provide one sim...
29 Apr, 2016, 03.51 AM IST
Labour ministry to integrate 5 labour Acts with e-biz portalBandaru Dattatreya-led labour ministry will integrate the registration process under five labour acts with the e-biz portal so that various...
08 Mar, 2016, 07.09 PM IST
Government to improve ease of doing business; to introduce Business Identification Number for companiesThe BIN would act as an identification number for different regulatory purposes and do away with the need for procuring separate registrati...
12 Feb, 2016, 06.52 PM IST
Centre to issue U-WIN cards for unorganised sector workersThe union government is working on issuing a unique identification number for the workforce engaged in unorganised sector to facilitate the...
09 Jan, 2016, 02.08 PM IST
Government plans to make PAN as Business Identification Number for companies and firmsThe entire exercise requires an overhaul and business process reengineering that some of the government agencies have pointed out would be ...
04 Jan, 2016, 11.59 AM IST
India providing social security cover to unorganised workers: Labour MinisterWhile delivering a speech during the 104th Session of the International Labour Conference at Geneva yesterday, the minister said.
11 Jun, 2015, 11.23 PM IST
Ease of doing biz: Companies can now file single return for 8 labour laws onlineRegistered firms will now be able to file online a single return under the eight central labour laws through the Shram Suvidha portal.
24 Apr, 2015, 05.04 PM IST
Budget 2015: Labour ministry set to bring in social security, on-the job training for unorganized workersThe labour ministry has proposed Unique Labour Identification Number, which will enable them to access health facilities across the country.
23 Feb, 2015, 10.57 AM IST
Government launches special drive to ensure industrial peaceLabour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya told Lok Sabha that the 'Shram Suvidha Portal' provides for allotment of a unique labour identification ...
15 Dec, 2014, 02.50 PM IST
PM Narendra Modi unveils labour reforms; launches Universal Account Number for employeesAiming to put an end to the infamous 'inspector raj' culture, PM Modi unveiled labour reforms in an attempt to boost his 'Make in India' pr...
16 Oct, 2014, 02.30 PM IST
PM Narendra Modi to launch portable PF account, unified portal for labourersBesides this, the government will launch unified web portal LIN (Labour Identification Number) for simplifying business regulations.
11 Oct, 2014, 10.30 PM IST
Portable PF A/c number to be launched on October 16UAN will give the facility of collation of accounts, viewing of updated accounts as well as downloading the same and collation of pensionab...
21 Sep, 2014, 12.23 PM IST