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Microcredit scheme for gig, platform workers in worksA new microcredit scheme is being finalized to offer collateral-free loans up to Rs 10,000 annually to gig workers and domestic helps. This...
Labour reforms, job-linked incentives scheme drive major employment push in 2025The year 2025 emerged as a landmark period for India's labour and employment sector, as the Ministry of Labour and Employment rolled out fa...
Parliament Watch: Cashless transactions, e-shram portal, women lead MSMEs and moreGovernment updates reveal progress in road accident victim treatment, with many cases eligible. Highway project awards have slowed due to s...
India Budget 2025 key takeaways: Major themes, key details and their meaning, and likely outcomesBudget 2025: Underlining the govt's aim to "unlock India's potential under the leadership of PM Modi", the FM said this budget continues ef...
Mansukh Mandaviya unveils e-Shram Portal 2.0Union labour and employment minister Mansukh Mandaviya launched e-Shram 2.0 to streamline access to social security schemes for over 300 mi...
ET Graphics: Govt to roll out eShram 2.0 portal on MondayThe second version of the eShram portal will launch next Monday, featuring new eligibility criteria for various welfare schemes. Initially ...
Uproar over EY staffer’s death; govt registration of gig workersAn IT employee union has sought a probe into the untimely death of a young chartered accountant at Ernst & Young. This and more in today’s ...
'Three new criminal laws will be implemented across India in two years'The Indian government will implement three new criminal laws across the country within two years, replacing older statutes. These laws aim ...
- Merge data on unorganised workers with e-Shram: Labour Ministry to states
Labour ministry drives integration of unorganised worker data into e-Shram portal, aiming to enhance social security coverage for millions,...
Centre to fast-track enrolment of unorganised workers on e-ShramThe Center is expediting the enrollment of unorganized sector workers on the e-Shram portal, which provides a universal account number (UAN...
Unorganised workers to be urged to enlist on E-Shram portal for social security planThe portal, launched in August 2021, has 294.5 million unorganised workers registered as on date with average daily enrolments of 20,000. T...
Budget 2024: Domestic staff may get minimum wage, pension ahead of general electionsUnion Budget 2024:The Labour Bureau, under the ministry of labour and employment, has conducted an all-India domestic workers' survey and i...
Govt to launch 2nd version of National Career Service portal in 2024; prod states on labour reformsIn 2024, the government aims to enhance the ease of doing business and extend social security to unorganized labor, including gig and platf...
Over 23,000 higher education courses to be made available for free on new portal: UGCOver 23,000 higher education courses, including programmes on Artificial Intelligence, cyber security and early childhood care, will now be...
Nearly 28 crore informal workers registered on e-Shram portalAround 3.71 crore unorganized workers above age of 50 years have been registered on eShram portal. Further, out of total registration, abou...
94.11% registered informal workers' income at Rs 10,000 or below; 74% belong to SC, ST, OBCThe proportion of informal workers getting a monthly income of Rs 10,000 or below was 92.37 per cent in the middle of November 2021 when to...
Budget: The roadmap for 9% growth hinges on small businessesThe three pillars can potentially have a short and longer-term positive impact on MSMEs and the startup ecosystem in the country.
2022: Daunting labour reforms, informal workers' social security fund await take-offThe central government has notified four labour codes. The Code on Wages, 2019, was notified on August 8, 2019 while the three others -- th...
Centre pursuing states to frame rules under all four Labour Codes: Rameswar TeliAccording to minister Rameswar Teli, “labour” is in the concurrent list of the Constitution and under the labour codes, rules are required ...
About 80% of economy now formal following digitisation drive, pandemic: SBI ReportShare of the informal economy has fallen drastically to 15-20 per cent of the gross value added (GVA) or the formal GDP in 2020-21 from 52....