The Ministry of Labour and Employment today introduced Factories (Amendment) Bill, 2014 in Lok Sabha. The amendment of the Factories Act aims to ensure improvement and safety and health of workers working in factories. The bill will provide perm ..
The Ministry of Labour and Employment today introduced the Apprentices (Amendment) Bill, 2014 in the Lok Sabha. This Bill aims to attract more youth to join apprenticeship training. It will enable establishments to set up apprenticeship programmes ..
An Expert Committee was constituted in the Ministry to make an in-depth study of the problems being faced by the Transgender Community and suggest suitable measures to ameliorate their problems. The Committee submitted its report on 27th January 201 ..
The Whistle Blowers Protection Bill, 2011 was passed by the Lok Sabha on the 27th of December, 2011 and was transmitted to the Rajya Sabha. Subsequently, it was noticed that some of the provisions in the Bill needed a relook with a view to strengthe ..
India is not a signatory to the 1951 United Nations Convention on the Status of Refugees and the 1967 Protocol thereon. There is no national law on Refugee at present. Government has circulated a Standard Operating Procedure for dealing with foreign ..
The National Policy on Older Persons (NPOP), 1999 envisages State support to ensure financial and food security, health care, shelter and other needs of older persons, equitable share in development, protection against abuse and exploitation, and av ..
Government, opposition parties discuss Insurance Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2008 Agree to hold another meeting Government voices concern over inadequate insurance coverage in the country The government and leaders of parties opposing the Insurance ..
PRESS RELEASE New Delhi, 4th August, 2014 The National Human Rights Commission has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report that most juvenile inmates at Seva Kutir Juvenile Reform Home in Kingsway Camp, North Delhi have no access to legal as ..
Makes Provision for Empowering SEBI to Initiate Action Against Unregulated Deposit Taking and Ponzi Schemes ; to call for Relevant Information and Records From any Person Among Others Securities Laws (Amendment) Bill 2014 has been introduced in L ..
The Minister of State for Mines, Steel and Labour and Employment, Shri Vishnu Deo Sai has said that “Labour” is in the Concurrent List of the Constitution. Thus, both the Centre and the States can legislate in this area. There are 44 lab ..