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The number of enrolments in 2022 rose to 12.5 million from 9.2 million in 2021
Company will revise final severance pay to 140 days of gross wages per completed year of service, compared with 130 days earlier. A one-time lump sum of Rs 1,50,000 will be paid as well
National labour conference being held today to discuss providing social welfare schemes to card holders
Gig economy made itself known during the pandemic. The recent Fairwork ratings highlighted how well or poorly these workers of unorganised sectors were being treated by companies. A report
Over 10 crore unorganised workers have been registered on the e-SHRAM portal as on Wednesday, the Ministry of Labour and Employment informed.The portal was created by the Directorate of Labour welfare on August 26 this year to register unorganised workers such as migrant workers, construction workers, gig workers, platform workers, domestic workers, street vendors etc, who are seeded to AADHAR.As per a press release of the ministry, West Bengal leads the states of maximum registration followed by Uttar Pradesh and Odisha."e-SHRAM is the reflection of the commitment of Prime Minister who believes in 'Sabka saat sabka vikas or sabka vishwas'," it read.In future, as per the ministry, more than 38 crores labourers will be benefitted from this social security scheme.
E-Shram, built at an estimated cost of Rs 704 crore, was launched by the Union government on August 26, 2021 to register 380 million unorganised sector workers
Life becomes difficult for old workers in India's gigantic unorganised sector
The people of the nation would know about it in the President's address to Parliament, Gangwar said
Identity cards to be made available over a period of two-three months
47 million of them were in the construction sector