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According to CMIE, the labour force participation rate fell from 46.1 per cent in 2016-17 to 43.5 per cent in 2017-18. CMIEs latest estimates suggest that the number has plummeted to 42.7 per cent in the first quarter of 2018-19.

Code on Wages 2019 becomes a reality; minimum wage for 50 cr workers...

The government has notified the Code after it received assent from the President of India on August 8.

23 Aug 2019 6:20 PM IST

Migrants queue up for thermal screening on their arrival at Amethi railway station from Gujarat by a special train, during ongoing COVID-19 lockdown, in Amethi. PTI Photo

Dev 360: Can gutting labour laws spell advantage to India?

The key assumption is that labour rights are a major roadblock to business growth

15 May 2020 5:17 PM IST

Labourers walk to return to their native places, during the 21-day lockdown across the country to contain the Covid-19, in New Delhi. PTI photo

RSS-affiliate BMS to protest 'total withdrawal' of labour laws in...

The organisation will observe 'Nationwide Protest Day' on May 20, besides other agitation programmes.

14 May 2020 5:40 PM IST

Stranded migrants board a truck to reach their native places in Uttar Pradesh, during the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown, at Bakania bypass in Bhopa. PTI Photo

AA Edit: Stop states from trampling over labour rights

The government must realise that it is illogical, undemocratic, immoral and inhuman to put the workers at the receiving...

11 May 2020 5:52 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing the young entrepreneurs at an event organised by the NITI Aayog, in New Delhi on Thursday. (Photo: PTI)

Startups give job tips to Narendra Modi

Unemployment rate was 4.9 per cent in 2013-14, 4.7 per cent in 2012-13, 3.8 per cent during 2011-12 and 9.3 per cent in...

18 Aug 2017 3:17 AM IST

President Pranab Mukherjee (Photo: PTI)

President Pranab Mukherjee returns Minimum Wages Bill

This is second time bill is being sent back by Rashtrapati Bhavan.

10 March 2017 3:07 AM IST

Officials from the Maharashtra Child Development Labour Welfare Department along with the personnel from the Thane (rural) police raided establishments in the Kashimira belt. (Photo: PTI)

Govt unlikely to slow down on labour reforms in 2018

The code also propose to hand over operation of social security schemes to state governments.

29 Dec 2017 12:26 PM IST