Objective: To encourage sport persons so as to improve their skills and to increase their national participation, MP Labour Department has introduced Khiladi Protsahan Yojana 2014 which shall be sponsored by Govt. of Madhya Pradesh. The benefits of this scheme will be given to building and other construction workers having ...
Read More »Bonded labor scheme may come under the central gov
The central government is planning to rehabilitate the bonded labor scheme and increasing the financial assistance from previously Rs. 20000 to now Rs. 1 lakh. The budget for this scheme has been also increased from Rs. 5 Cr to Rs. 47 Cr per annum. Ministry of State Labour and Employment ...
Read More »Skill Development Initiative (SDI) Scheme
Government of India, Ministry of Labour & Employment launched a Modular Employable Skills (MES) under Skill Development Initiative (SDI) Scheme through Directorate General of Employment & Training in May 2007. Under this scheme, training to earlier school leavers and existing workers specially in a unorganised sector are to be trained ...
Read More »Hi-Tech Training Scheme- HTS (Scheme for Training of Trainers)
Hitech Training Scheme is one of the schemes of the erstwhile World Bank assisted Vocational Training Project. The scheme is now being continued for implementation with Government of India funding. Objective: The objective of the Hitech scheme is to produce trained personnel with the range of skills necessary to meet ...
Read More »Craft Instructor Training Scheme- CITS (Scheme for Training of Trainers)
Training of Craft Instructors is the responsibility of DGE&T in the Ministry of Labour & Employment. The Craft Instructors’ Training Scheme is operational since inception of the Craftsmen Training Scheme. The first Craft Instructors’ Training Institute was established in 1948. Subsequently, 5 more institutes namely, Central Training Institute for Instructors ...
Read More »Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) of Construction Workers
“Recognition of Prior Learning” has been developed with the purpose to strike a skill development and certification initiative for the purpose of skills up-gradation in the construction sector based on the concept of Recognition of Prior Learning. As an outcome of this exercise, the proposed Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) ...
Read More »Govt. to Issue U-WIN Smart Card to 40 Crore Unorganized Workers
The central government from January end will start issuing smart cards for social security coverage to 40 crore workers in the unorganized sector of the country. The smart card will be known as U-WIN (Unorganized Worker Identification Number) card and it will facilitate these workers to get benefits under numerous ...
Read More »Government may raise minimum daily wages in the country by up to 25%
News: The government may raise the minimum wages in the country by as much as 25% and also make them binding on all states, a move aimed at improving the lifestyle of the poor and giving an indirect boost to the rural economy. A senior government official said that the ...
Read More »Lok Sabha Passes Bill to Repeal 295 Obsolete Acts
News: A bill seeking to scrap a set of 295 obsolete Acts dealing with several issues including changes in marriage laws and cement hoarding was today passed by Lok Sabha which continued to witness boycott by Congress and several other opposition parties. The Repealing and Amending (Fourth) Bill, 2015, pertains ...
Read More »a national policy to hire domestic helpers to safeguard their basic rights
News: The government is considering a proposal that will make it incumbent on households to hire domestic workers through a placement agency as part of an initiative aimed at ensuring basic rights and better conditions including paid leave and other benefits for an estimated 3 crore people in the unorganised sector. ...
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