The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved Chandra's appointment as Secretary, Department of Health and Family Welfare, a...

Tech aggregators from mobility to food delivery are growing at a scorching pace, thanks to gig workers who may be their feet on the street,...

Covid-19 has dealt a severe blow to delivery of perinatal care, especially in rural areas, where families rely solely on public health inst...

Even before the outbreak, India was struggling to keep children in school. A 2018 study by DHL International GmBH estimated that more than ...

India has so far had the most inflexible labour market regulations, which hindered large scale investments, productivity and enhancement, t...

The vicious assault left one of the five men, Mohammed Azam, a UK-educated IT worker from India's tech hub in Hyderabad, dead, and at lest ...

Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya also said he held discussions with the Labour minister of Germany as well.

Over the past year, we have gone to the grassroots in six states, addressing questions from women on how to set up a Facebook page, how to ...

"We will organise a workshop with all the stakeholders soon, in this regard to finalise the modalities," said Bandaru Dattatreya.

Children play a crucial role in the development of any country’s human capital, and more importantly so in the Indian context since 41% of ...

The union cabinet has already approved the Child Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2012 and Payment of Bonus (Amendment) Bi...

Noting that Opposition parties have a responsibility to debate on different issues in Parliament, he said their stand amounted to doing a d...

The Union Minister pointed out that whatever laws are made by the Centre, the responsibility of their actual implementation lies with the s...

The minister said that several safeguards have been built, including a provision that is meant to ensure that children assist their parents...

The Minister said once the Bill is passed with amendments, the Child Labour Bill would have more tooth to deal with serious issues related ...

During a massive cordon and search operation on January 24, police had rescued 220 children, including 10 girls, belonging to Bihar from Ol...

The amendment Bill of Child Labour Act, pending since 2012, has proposed to ban employment of children below 14 years of age in any occupat...