Gig workers to be covered under Ayushman Bharat, preparations for scheme rollout almost complete: Labour SecretaryGig workers and their families in India will be eligible for health coverage under Ayushman Bharat with a coverage limit of Rs 5 lakh. The ...
25 Mar, 2025, 09.27 PM IST
Over 30.68 cr unorganised workers registered on e-Shram Portal; women constitute 53.68% of registrationsOver 30.68 crore unorganised workers have registered on the e-Shram portal, launched to support unorganised workers with a Universal Accoun...
10 Mar, 2025, 05.52 PM IST
Labour min urges gig, platform workers to register on e-Shram Portal for formal recognitionThe Ministry of Labour and Employment in New Delhi has urged gig and platform workers to register on the e-Shram Portal for formal recognit...
08 Mar, 2025, 10.06 PM IST
CSC, CAIT sign pact to enrol traders, citizens into govt's social security schemesCSC E-Governance Services and CAIT partnered to register traders and citizens in government social security schemes. The collaboration will...
05 Dec, 2024, 11.22 PM IST
Plan afoot to revamp pension scheme for unorganised workersThe changes under consideration include extending the enrolment age to beyond the current limit of 40 years, enhancing the wage ceiling to ...
06 Nov, 2024, 12.10 AM IST
Labour ministry to come up with a social security policy for gig, platform workersThe labour ministry aims to establish a policy for social security benefits for gig and platform workers by February next year. A module fo...
17 Oct, 2024, 07.06 PM IST
Labour ministry tells all government departments to register their unorganized workers on the e-Shram portal at the earliestThe ministry of labour and employment is developing e-Shram portal as a one-stop solution by integrating all social welfare scheme on the p...
02 Sep, 2024, 09.19 PM IST
Ministry of Labour & Employment showcases e-Shram portal at 112th International Labour Conference in GenevaThe e-Shram portal, introduced at the 112th International Labour Conference in Geneva, led by Secretary Sumita Dawra, aims to assist India'...
20 Jun, 2024, 09.36 AM IST
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...
13 Mar, 2024, 12.40 AM IST
Railway warehouse workers union working on plan to ensure govt benefits for membersApproximately, around 7.50 lakh workers are working in the sector, loading and unloading rakes and wagons in different locations across the...
14 Sep, 2022, 02.54 PM IST
Pension, health benefits for workers on e-Shram portalSome of the beneficial schemes that can be added include Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maandhan Yojana, the National Pension Scheme for traders...
19 Jul, 2022, 01.11 AM IST
Labour Ministry launches ‘Donate-a-Pension’ initiative: Check detailsOn Monday, Union Labour and Employment Minister Bhupender Yadav launched the Pradhan Mantri Shram's 'Donate-a-Pension' campaign. This move ...
07 Mar, 2022, 03.29 PM IST
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 ...
29 Nov, 2021, 06.29 PM IST
What is RERA?The RERA Act was brought in to eradicate problems within the sector.
31 Jan, 2020, 01.54 PM IST
Government to prepare national data on unorganised sectorThe government has taken several measures towards expansion of the organised sector, Santosh Kumar Gangwar said.
17 Jul, 2019, 04.54 PM IST
PFRDA hopes to reach 2.72 crore subscribers under APY, NPS by Mar-end: Hemant ContractorIn a break-up, PFRDA said there are nearly 1.45 crore subscribers under APY and the remaining 1.20 crore have NPS accounts.
18 Feb, 2019, 04.50 PM IST
FM announces pension for informal workersThe scheme will attract matching contribution of Rs 100 per month from government as well as from workers.
01 Feb, 2019, 03.12 PM IST