As per live data so far 4.09 crore workers have registered on the portal. “Of these around 50.02% beneficiaries are female and 49.98% are male. It is encouraging that an equivalent proportion of men and women have been part of this drive,” said a senior officer of the Labour Ministry.
October 18, 2021Shram Shakti Bhavan houses several Ministries of the Union Government and the number of unorganized workers in the Bhavan was estimated at over 80.
September 9, 2021The government said that it had also not kept track of the job losses amid the pandemic.
September 14, 2020About 1.75 crore transactions were done directly into the bank accounts of the workers through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT), the Ministry of Labour and Employment said.
June 23, 2020EPFO, which comes under the Ministry of Labour and Employment, has settled a total of 12.91 lakh claims which includes 7.40 lakhs COVID-19 claims under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana (PMGKY) package.
April 28, 2020In separate but similarly-worded letters this week, the Society for Welfare of Indian Pilots (SWIP) and Jet Aircraft Maintenance Engineers Welfare Association (JAMEWA) have requested help in clearing their outstanding salary dues.
April 20, 2019The Ministry of Labour and Employment has notified that payment of EPF dues, pension disbursement and insurance claims under the Employees Provident Fund Scheme will be made through electronic or digital fund transfer only. The EPF Organisation on Thursday said it had made suitable arrangements for all the three social security schemes as per the Ministry notification …
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May 18, 2017Centre will soon bring a legislation for job security of contract workers, Union Minister Bandaru Dattatreya said on Sunday. "The Centre will soon bring a legislation for the job security of contract workers, and relevant rules will also be made to make their salary payment through banks only," the Minister of State for Labour and …
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September 18, 2016Starting the Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra Award Festival with Nari was indeed a bright idea from Guru Ratikant Mohapatra. The festival was the 22nd year of the prestigious ceremony — it has come a long way and matured splendidly in the able hands of the director of Srjan, Ratikant Mohapatra. Three stalwarts in the Odissi firmament …
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