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Dearth of quality people in north India: Labour minister on unemployment

Comments came amid criticism of the government over India's unemployment rate rising to a 45-year high of 6.1% in 2017-18

Wages Code Bill will uphold workers' rights, ensure timely payments: Govt

The Bill subsumes four labour laws -- Minimum Wages Act, Payment of Wages Act, Payment of Bonus Act and Equal Remuneration Act

Bill proposes that firms seek employees' written consent for overtime work

Bill introduced in Parliament removes provision on specific overtime work hours

Govt to propose annual licence for hiring contract workers across projects

Labour and Employment Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar is likely to introduce the Code on Occupational Safety Health and Working Conditions, 2019, in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday

Labour minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar's agenda

The role of outsiders in trade unions must be minimised

No news on Rs 2,000 note withdrawal, Rs 200 to be issued soon: Gangwar

According to reports, the govt has stopped the further printing of recently printed Rs 2,000 notes

Don't worry too much about NPAs, will find a solution 'soon': Gangwar

Gross bad loans stood at Rs 5,02,068 crore at the end of 2015-16

No proposal to replace Income Tax with BTT: Santosh Kumar Gangwar

There is no tax by the name of BTT in the statute, he said in a written reply in the Lok Sabha