Parliamentary panel advises MoSPI to optimise fund use, seek extra funds if neededA Parliamentary panel has urged the Statistics Ministry to use allocated funds wisely. The ministry faces funding shortfalls for key scheme...
17 Mar, 2026, 03.15 PM IST
Over 1.6 million children engaged in child labour in Pakistan's Sindh: OfficialA recent survey reveals over 1.6 million children are in child labour in Pakistan's Sindh province. Many work in hazardous conditions. Whil...
09 Nov, 2025, 04.05 PM IST
Missing children?Fix root causesIndia faces a critical challenge in protecting its children, with tens of thousands rescued from exploitative labor and reported missing. A...
06 Jul, 2025, 11.02 PM IST
India launches pilot project for skills training of girls to boost their presence in labour forceIndia launches door-to-door mobilisation drive to train 3,800 adolescent girls in 27 districts across 19 states in skills like IT and hospi...
31 Dec, 2024, 12.26 AM IST
India looks to match world average for share of women in workforceProposals under consideration include incentives to create employment, development of the care economy, and enabling easier access to finan...
02 Jul, 2024, 07.21 AM IST
Govt has taken number of steps to increase women participation in labour force: Labour ministerAs per the results of Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) conducted during 2017-18 and 2018-19 by National Statistical Office (NSO), minist...
21 Sep, 2020, 02.47 PM IST
Number of births drops by 320,000 in China in 2015About 16.55 million children were born in China in 2015, about 320,000 fewer than previous year despite relaxation of family planning polic...
20 Jan, 2016, 04.36 PM IST
China's two-child policy evokes poor response from couplesStatistics from the NHFPC shows the population aged between 15 to 64 in China is around one billion in 2015 and will reduce to 830 million ...
17 Nov, 2015, 01.40 PM IST
Bill on women's job security and minimum wages soon: DattatreyaThe government will introduce a bill on women's job security and minimum wages in Parliament soon, Union Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya...
06 Nov, 2015, 09.54 PM IST
Rapidly ageing China to face labour shortfall by 2021: ExpertsChina's labour population will show a downward trend as workers born during the baby boom in the 1960-70s begin to retire in 2021.
20 Oct, 2015, 04.12 PM IST
Cabinet approves ILO protocol to deal with forced labourThe government today approved an International Labour Organisation (ILO) protocol to make a national policy for remedial measures to deal w...
22 Apr, 2015, 11.12 PM IST
Now, a survey to find out how people spend their 24 hoursFocus of the survey will be women, especially since most studies simply ignore the amount of work that goes into keeping a household runnin...
20 Jan, 2015, 10.45 AM IST
- Government to quantify household works done by women in India
Government is considering quantifying values silently created by women in India and devise strategies to empower them.
08 Nov, 2012, 12.13 PM IST
- Supreme Court seeks Centre, States response on 1.17 lakh 'missing' kids
Sc sought response from the Centre, States and UT on over 1L missing children from their homes across the country between 2008 and 2011.
16 Mar, 2012, 12.22 PM IST
UK plans benefits clampdown on foreign nationals residentAccording to a report, ministers revealed they had instructed their officials to compile and publish the amount of benefits paid to foreign...
15 Jun, 2011, 05.03 PM IST
- Bimaru states account for half of child labour
The hindi-belt including Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, commonly known as ‘BIMARU’ states, account for a chunk of the ...
24 Oct, 2006, 12.27 AM IST
- Profile: Shanta Sinha
Child rights activist Shantha Sinha, founder of MV Foundation and proud winner of the Magsaysay Award, has her plate full.
07 Jul, 2006, 02.30 AM IST