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Labour Ministry gets mandate to seek Aadhaar from beneficiaries under Social Security Code The main purpose of the latest mandate given to the ministry is to facilitate database creation, mainly covering people in informal sectors like migrant workers. Share Via Email   |  A+A A- By PTI NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Labour & Employment has now been mandated to seek the 12-digit unique identification number Aadhaar from people like employees and unorganised sector workers seeking registrat...

NEW DELHI, May 5: The Ministry of Labour & Employment has now been mandated to seek 12-digit unique identification number Aadhaar from people like employees and unorganised sector workers seeking registration, benefits, availing services or receiving any payment under various schemes under the Social Security Code 2020. Aadhaar would not be made mandatory for delivery of services under various social security schemes under the purview of the ministry because Social Security Code 2020 has not be...

May Day 2021: What Has (Not) Changed Since the Pandemic Ravaged Livelihoods of Workers Despite the government passing several laws, hurting the hard-earned labour rights over centuries, workers are staring at an uncertain phase during which neither old labour laws nor the new codes are effectively relevant. A migrant worker runs behind a truck as others try to board it to return to their villages after India ordered a 21-day nationwide lockdown to limit the spreading of coronavirus disease, in ...

Labour ministry notifies draft rules under Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code SECTIONS Share Synopsis The ministry has invited suggestions on the draft Rules in the next 45 days following which the above Rules will be finalised. This would enable the government to put in place the required technical committee for smooth implementation of the OSH&WC Code. ET Bureau The labour ministry has notified draft rules pertaining to setting up of a technical committee under the Occupa...

Express News Service BENGALURU: As the controversy surrounding Zomato’s delivery partner and a Bengaluru-based beauty influencer deepens, the spotlight is back on the status of 15 million gig workers in India who, until last year, lacked formal regulatory support.  Legal experts told TNIE that even as the country formally introduced the Social Security Code 2020 to provide benefits such as life insurance, accident covers, gratuity and provident fund contributions, the classification of these...

Commissioner Secretary L&E inaugurates various e-services JAMMU: Commissioner Secretary, Labour and Employment (L&E), Saurabh Bhagat today inaugurated online system for auto renewal of license, online services for submission of integrated consolidated return under different Labour laws and availability of online dashboard. Under these online services, there will be auto generation of licenses under Shops and Establishment Act, Contract Labour Act, Interstate Migrant Workers Act and Factories Ac...

ESIC continues to abandon adult dependents with disabilities The benefits available under ESIC include medical treatment, maternity, pension for dependents and disablement etc. (Image Source/Representative image) Updated: Mar 3, 2021, 10:00 AM IST As the labour laws take a new look in India, the Employees State Insurance (ESI) Act, 1948 continues to abandon the lakhs of dependent adults with disabilities. The benefits available under ESIC include medical treatment...

Absence of state rules may create a legal vacuum and defeat the entire purpose of labour reforms as three-fourths of the total establishments come under states ambit.

Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha The Jammu and Kashmir government last week handed over a cheque of Rs 250 crore to Jammu and Kashmir Bank as the second instalment of 5 per cent Interest Subvention under Economic Package, as Covid-19 relief for the business sector. Till date, around 3.41 lakh small and big business establishments have availed the benefits of the Interest Subvention. Highlighting the initiatives taken by the government for bringing reforms in the economic sector in J&K, the Lieut...

Social security for faster growth Helping hand There is an urgent need to extend MNREGA to urban workers   -  Thulasi Kakkat Helping hand There is an urgent need to extend MNREGA to urban workers   -  Thulasi Kakkat× Providing social security to unorganised sector workers will be key to India becoming a global manufacturing hub The Directive Principles of State Policy in the Constitution envisaged the creation of a social welfare state as resources became available. In post war Europe, t...