A proposal for amendments in the Child Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) Act, 1986 to make it more effective, is under consideration with the Government. The Child Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2012 has been placed in t...
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Various suggestions have been made to amend the provisions of the Apprentices Act, 1961 to improve quality of apprenticeship training, increase number of apprentices, include services sector for apprenticeship training, improve employability of ap...
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Honble Speaker, Lok Sabha has referred The Child Labour (Prohibition Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2012 as introduced in Rajya Sabha to the Standing Committee on Labour for examination and Report. Considering the wide implicatio...
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Central Government is conducting training programmes to develop work efficiency and skill development, particularly, among the labour class in six Advanced Training Institutes located at Kolkata, Chennai, Kanpur, Hyderabad, Ludhiana and Mumbai, tw...
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As directed by the Prime Minister, senior Ministers in the Union Cabinet – Shri A.K. Antony, Defence Minister, Shri Sharad Pawar, Minister for Agriculture and Shri Mallikarjun Kharge, Minister for Labour & Employment held a round of disc...
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Reliable estimates of employment and unemployment are obtained through quinquennial labour force surveys conducted by National Sample Survey Office (NSSO). Last such quinquennial labour force survey was conducted during 2009-10. As per results of ...
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As on 13.12.2012 (for the period from 01.04.2012 to 13.12.2012), out of 107.16 Lakh claims received for settlement order, only 6.96 Lakh claims are pending for settlement. The obstacles faced in settlement of claims inter-alia include: (i) In...
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Provident Fund contribution of private sector labourers covered under the Employees` Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 is deposited in the State Bank of India. As per the provision of Para 52(1) of the Employees` Provident F...
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As on 30.11.2012, RashtriyaSwasthyaBimaYojana(RSBY) is being implemented in 26 States/UT, namely Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Mah...
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As per the existing provisions of Minimum Wages Act, minimum wages are revised quinquennially in the Central Sphere. In order to protect the minimum wages against inflation, the Central Government introduced the idea of Variable Dearness Allowance...
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