Santosh Kumar Gangwar

India making efforts to reduce gender gap in labour force: Gangwar

India is making collective efforts to reduce gender gaps in labour force participation, Union Minister Santosh Gangwar said on Wednesday. He said the country is ensuring education, training, skilling, entrepreneurship development and equal pay for equal work. Gangwar was delivering Ministerial Address on Declaration and Employment Working Group Priorities at G20 Labour and Employment Ministers' Meeting. The new Code on Wages 2019 shall reduce gender-based discrimination in wages, recruitment and conditions of employment, a labour ministry statement quoted him as saying. Listing the steps taken by the government, he said women are entitled for all types of work in all establishments and employers have to ensure their safety and provisions for working hours. Women can now work even during night hours, Gangwar said, adding that the duration of paid maternity leave has been increased from 12 weeks to 26 weeks. Further, the labour minister said Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana provides ...

Labour minister commends EPFO officials for speedy claim settlement

Labour Minister Santosh Gangwar on Monday felicitated officials of retirement fund body EPFO's Delhi West office, who settled 100 per cent withdrawal claims within 24 hours during during the pandemic

New inflation index to impact DA, 30 mn govt staff to get more pay

The CPI-IW hasn't been revised since 2001 - an exercise which should usually take place every five years

Adopt fixed-term contracts for seasonal work, Labour Minister asks industry

Santosh Kumar Gangwar says employees attached and involved with a unit for longer duration are more productive; attrition cost of a skilled worker harms industry in the longer run

New farm laws, labour codes to benefit farmers, workers: Labour Minister

Union Labour and Employment Minister Santosh Gangwar on Saturday said that the new farm laws and labour reform codes will benefit farmers and workers immensely.

Labour codes hugely increase coverage of workers: Santosh Kumar Gangwar

In a Q&A, the Labour and Employment Minister says Removal of rigidity in labour laws, reducing compliance levels would stimulate setting up larger industries generate employment

Doing away with rigidity in labour laws will boost jobs: Minister Gangwar

The minister said that the laws protect the workers' right to strike and it has not been "taken away from them in any manner

Hire, fire, do business: How new labour codes aim to help companies

Labour reforms passed by Parliament aim to make hiring and firing workers easier as they reduce a number of regulatory approvals. Somesh Jha explains how these reforms could help businesses

Centre notifies three labour codes subsuming 25 laws after President's nod

The new labour laws will be made effective by the government later

Govt collecting data on migrant workers' suicide from states: Gangwar

The government is collecting information on suicide of migrant workers from states during the Covid-19 pandemic, Parliament was informed on Saturday

Govt working on database of migrant labourers: Union minister Gangwar

Union Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar on Friday said the government is working on creating a database of migrant labourers so that they get direct benefit of various welfare schemes

Apart from benefit hike, recent ESIC move to make jobless claims easier too

Relief would be given after 30 days of unemployment as against 90 days at present; no burden on exchequer as ESIC has surplus funds

Gangwar calls for total digitalisation of Labour Bureau to expand outreach

Union Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar on Thursday called for total digitalisation of the Labour Bureauto expand its outreach. The minister made the remarks while launching the new logo of the Labour Bureau, a wing of the labour ministry. Gangwar asked the Bureau to increase itsoutreach by way of total digitalisationof its processes and use of Data Analytics & Artificial Intelligence in its day-to-day operations, a labour ministry statement said. He further said that to increase the Bureau's outreach, more regional offices will be opened in the country. The minister also said the century-old 44 Labour laws are being subsumed in four codes, out of this the Wage Code is already enacted and other three codes on Social Security, Industrial Relations & Occupational Safety and Health and Working Conditions have already been introduced in the Lok Sabha. Once these Codes are enacted, India's ranking on 'ease of doing business' will go very high and India will be a dream destination for

Covid-19: Govt directs states to transfer cash to construction workers

Last date for annual filing of returns under labour laws for employers deferred till April 30

Allahabad HC rejects election petition filed against Santosh Kumar Gangwar

Justice Naheed Ara Moonis rejected the plea by Rakesh Agrawal who had alleged corrupt practices during the election.

Taking steps for speedy redressal of EPFO, ESIC complaints: Labour Ministry

The number of complaints related to the ministry on the Centralised Public Grievances Redress and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS) stood at 47,567 in 2019

Over Rs 10 trn worth of loans disbursed under Mudra Yojana till Nov 1: Govt

The PMMY is a scheme launched by the prime minister on April 8, 2015, for providing loans up to Rs 10 lakh to non-corporate, non-farm small/micro enterprises.

Govt may make it must for workers to give strike notice 14 days in advance

This is part of the new labour law which the government is bringing and the ministry is in touch with the various state governments, Santosh Kumar Gangwar said

Female participation in labour force declining, govt tells Parliament

Labour and Employment Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar said the government had taken initiatives to improve women's participation

46.8% of workers aged 15 years and above were engaged in work in FY18: Govt

This was a reply to a question by Trinamool Congress MP Mala Roy in the Lok Sabha on employment