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Consumer Price Index Numbers for Agricultural and Rural Labourers base : (1986-87=100)

AGRICULTURAL LABOURERS RURAL LABOURERS General Food General Food State Nov Dec Nov Dec Nov Dec Nov Dec 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 1 Andhra Pradesh 718 725 718 723 717 724 718 723 2 Asam 682 681 686 681 687 685 697 692 3 Bihar 611 610 576 572 614 612 574 570 4… Read More

All-India Consumer Price Index for Agricultural and Rural Labourers for December, 2012

The All-India Consumer Price Index Numbers for Agricultural Labourers and Rural Labourers (Base: 1986-87=100) for December, 2012 increased by 3 points each to stand at 688 (Six hundred and eighty eight) points for Agricultural Labourers and 689 (Six hundred and eighty nine) points for Rural Labourers. The rise/fall in index varied from State to State. In… Read More

Pune – Program on Fundamentals of Labour Laws for Managers January 9

Please send your reply on seminar@satvam.com or seminar@satvamindia.com Program on Fundamentals of Labour Laws for Managers Date & Time : Wednesday, January 9, 2013 - 09.30 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. (Registration & breakfast: 9.00 to 9.30 am) Venue : The Coronet Hotel, Apte Road, Deccan Gymkhana, Pune 411 004 (Opp. Santosh Bakery) Benefits/ learning objectives:… Read More

News on 45th Indian Labour Conference

45th Session of the Standing Labour Committee | Finalizes Agenda for the 45th Indian Labour Conference ˜Rapid economic growth™ coupled with ˜Safeguarding the rights of the workers™ will lay the foundation of our country™s development in a sustained manner. Shri Mallikarjun Kharge, Minister of Labour and Employment, emphasized this while delivering his presidential address at… Read More

Guidelines for Quasi-judicial proceedings under Section 7A of EPFO

Employees™ Provident Fund Organisation (Ministry of Labour, Govt. Of India) Head Office Bhavishya Nidhi Bhawan, 14- Bhikaji Cama Place, New Delhi 110066 No. 7(1)2012/RCs Review Meeting/21224 Date: 18th December, 2012 Subject : Circular No. 7(1)2012/RCs Review Meeting/345 dated 30th November, 2012 on Guidelines for Quasi-judicial proceedings under Section 7A of the Employees™ Provident Funds & Miscellaneous Provisions… Read More

Parliamentary Consultative Committee Amendments in Labour Laws

Parlimentary Consultative Committee meeting on Comprehensive Amendments in Labour Laws Moots Effective Implementation and speedy Grievance Redressal Members participating in the meeting of Parliamentary Consultative Committee on Comprehensive Amendment in Labour Laws have urged the government for the effective and speedy implementation of labour laws along with the timely redressal of Grievances. In meeting held… Read More

Labour Laws Applicable to Casual and Self Employed Work Force

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 the most recent survey, 15.6 per cent, 33.5 per cent and 51.0 per cent of the total work force on usual… Read More

Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana to cover the domestic workers

The Ministry of Labour & Employment has extended the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) to domestic workers. The main objective of this strategy is to inform the beneficiaries regarding enrolment procedures and benefits of the scheme. In addition, State Government also undertakes communication activities aimed at improving the utilization of the scheme. Under the scheme,… Read More

Govt. bans the employment of children below 14 years for dhabas and domestic work

The Union Labour & Employment Minister Shri Mallikarjun Kharge has informed the Rajya Sabha that the Government of India has banned employment of children below 14 years for dhabas and domestic work. As per 2001 census, the total number of working children between the age group 5-14 years in the country was 1.26 crore out… Read More

National Floor Level Minimum Wage recommended by NCRL

In order to have a uniform wage structure and to reduce the disparity in minimum wages across the country, the concept of National Floor Level Minimum Wage (NFLMW) was mooted on the basis of the recommendations of the National Commission on Rural Labour (NCRL) in 1991. Keeping in view the recommendation of NCRL and taking… Read More

The Labour Bureau in the Ministry of Labour & Employment submits its 13th Survey Report after monitoring the effect of global financial crisis and economic slowdown in India since Sept, 2008

The Labour Bureau in the Ministry of Labour & Employment has submitted its Thirteenth Survey Report after monitoring the effect of global financial crisis and economic slowdown in India since September 2008. This survey is in the series of Quarterly Quick Employment Surveys in Affected Sectors and covers the last quarter of year 2011 (… Read More

Union Budget 2012-13: Proposal to allocate Rs.1000 crore to NSDF

In the Union Budget 2012-13 tabled in the Lok Sabha, an allocation of Rs.1000 crore to National Skill Development Fund (NSDF) has been proposed. It has been stated in the budget speech that in 2011-12 National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) approved 26 new projects, thereby doubling the number of projects sanctioned since 2009 to 52, with… Read More

The 44th Indian Labour Conference recommends on taking up the norms on fixing the minimum wages decided at the 15th ILC

The Union Labour & Employment Minister Shri Mallikarjun Kharge has informed the Rajya Sabha that the norms recommended by the Indian Labour Conference (ILC), held in 1957 are taken into account while fixing the minimum wages. These are as follows: - a) 3 consumption units for one earner. b) Minimum food requirements of 2700 calories… Read More