IT employees’ body seeks official work-from-home mandate for 5.8 million workforce after PM’s messageIndia's IT employee body, NITES, has urged the Labour Ministry to mandate work-from-home for its 5.8 million workforce. This move aligns wi...
11 May, 2026, 01.58 PM IST
EPFO member alert! Have old, inoperative EPF account? E-PRAAPTI portal will soon help you track it easilyThe Employees Provident Fund Organisation is introducing E-PRAAPTI, a new digital portal. This platform will assist members in finding, tra...
30 Apr, 2026, 11.59 AM IST
EPFO may raise minimum pension under EPS-95; settles 83.1 million claims in 2025-26Labour and employment minister Mansukh Mandaviya, Wednesday, said that the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) settled 6.103 mill...
29 Apr, 2026, 05.19 PM IST
Women’s employment rate rises to 39% in 2025 from 22% in 2017: Mansukh MandaviyaFemale employment in India has seen a substantial rise, reaching 39 percent in 2025 from 22 percent in 2017. This growth reflects increased...
28 Apr, 2026, 03.19 PM IST
Gig workers’ body writes to labour ministry to mandate heatwave protectionApp-based transport workers are demanding mandatory heatwave protection, including paid breaks and access to water, under the Code on Socia...
26 Apr, 2026, 06.40 PM IST
Will EPF interest rate rise to 10%? Central government clarifies stance on rate hike and feasibilityThe government has stated it has not received formal requests from labour unions to raise the Employees Provident Fund interest rate to 10%...
02 Apr, 2026, 11.55 AM IST
G20 Labour and Employment Ministers Meet: Outcome documents on skills, gig economy and social security net funding adoptedThe two-day G20 Labour and Employment Ministers meet which concluded in Indore in Madhya Pradesh on Friday adopted three outcome documents ...
21 Jul, 2023, 10.01 PM IST
Migrant workers returning, getting work: Labour and Employment Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar"As per the information gathered, around one crore labourers returned to their home states from their workplace States. But, now most of th...
10 Feb, 2021, 02.27 PM IST
No reason that employment has come down, says GangwarIn response to remarks on demonetisation and the job cuts it caused these years, Labour and Employment Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar said ...
09 Dec, 2019, 01.39 PM IST
Housing for 4.5 crore labourers' families by 2022: Bandaru DattatreyaAfter laying foundation stone of 100-bedded ESI hospital here, Dattatreya said that the government is trying to cover employees of unorgani...
09 May, 2017, 10.30 PM IST
Need for focused approach to social security: Capt AbhimanyuAbhimanyu also urged that there was a need for adopting a different approach to the working of employment exchanges to connect with the nee...
10 Jul, 2015, 11.04 PM IST
Labour and employment minister Narendra Singh Tomar to meet trade unions todayMost of these legislative changes had been mooted by the UPA government, but weren’t taken to their logical conclusion.
24 Jun, 2014, 01.13 AM IST
Union Labour and Employment Minister Sis Ram Ola deadUnion Labour and Employment Minister Sis Ram Ola died at a Gurgaon hospital today after a prolonged illness.
15 Dec, 2013, 02.42 PM IST
- Consultations on for ratifying two key ILO conventions: Labour and Employment Minister Mallikarjun Kharge
Ratification of ILO convention 98 seeks to ensure that all categories of workers in India are entitled to the freedom of association and co...
26 Sep, 2012, 05.07 PM IST
- Social protection to contract workers should be enhanced: Government
Govt asked the industry to ensure enhanced social protection to contract workers and to regularise their services whenever opportunities ar...
29 Nov, 2011, 03.34 PM IST
- India pitches for Seoul declaration implementation
Labour and Employment Minister Mallikarjun Kharge also favoured a "strong" international collaboration to attain the desired objective.
11 Sep, 2011, 10.06 PM IST
- Government not in favour of unemployment allowance as social security measure
The Central government does not favour provision of umemployment allowance to unemployed persons as a social security measure, Kharge told ...
04 Aug, 2011, 11.30 AM IST