Newly-appointed Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court M.S. Ramchandra Rao arrives at Birsa Munda Airport, in Ranchi, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI Justice M.S. Ramachandra Rao was sworn in as the Chief Justice of the Jharkhand High Court here on Wednesday (September 25, 2024). Governor Santosh Kumar Gangwar administered the oath of … Read more
In a move aimed at providing social security cover to millions of casual and contractual workers employed with municipal corporations and councils across India, the labour ministry has said it will provide them medical coverage and other benefits under the Employees State Insurance scheme. The central labour ministry has directed the ESI Corporation to take … Read more
Labour minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar has called for an effective policy intervention to help the business community, ensure income security and well-being of all during the pandemic. “There is a need to ensure better support to the health-care systems, social protection and employment generation,” he said while speaking at the virtual labour ministers meeting at … Read more
In a first for India, the labour bureau under the ministry of labour and employment will conduct five nationwide surveys in five main regional languages along with English and Hindi, aimed at significantly reducing data inaccuracies in the past on the back of translation of responses in regional languages for data computation. These household surveys, … Read more
The NITI Aayog has constituted a sub-group to prepare a National Action Plan for Migrant Workers, labour minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar said. “The sub-group, which comprises members from various ministries, experts, NGOs and civil society organisations, will prepare a tangible action plan to address issues related to migrant workers,” Gangwar said in response to a … Read more
MUMBAI: India’s parliament on Wednesday passed “historic” labour laws that the government says help workers and business alike, but activists fear a loss of labour rights in a push for profits. Experts said the laws – aimed at protecting workers and streamlining labyrinthine regulation – exempt tens of thousands of smaller firms, and rob workers … Read more
The labour and employment minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar on Wednesday said labour is in the concurrent list and therefore, both state and central governments can legislate on the issues as he attempted to clarify over his earlier response on migrant labourers in the Parliament which had resulted in lot of criticism and anguish from the … Read more