New Delhi [India], April 26 (ANI): Ministry of Labour and Employment on Tuesday said that making an inference that half of the working-age population has lost hope for work is "factually incorrect", adding that the labour force and workforce in the country increased during 2017-18 to 2019-20.

New Delhi Mar 28 PTI Union Minister Bhupender Yadav on Monday told Lok Sabha that there has been an increase in the rate of employment as the government has taken satisfactory and proper steps for itAn increase in the employment rate as well as employment opportunities can be seen if the periodic labour force survey PLFS and another survey conducted by the Labour Bureau is matched with the employees provident fund organisation EPFO pay roll data the minister said while replying to a question in the House The Labour and Employment minister attributed the increase in the employment rate and opportunities to a number schemes and other programmes launched by the Union government under various ministries and departmentsVarious schemes and programmes are being run by the government under different ministries the minister said during Question HourHe listed some of these schemes including Make in India Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation National Smart Cities Mission PM Awas Yojna PM Gati Shakti Swaccha Bharat AbhiyanIf we match these programmes PLFS labour bureau survey and EPFO pay roll then satisfactory and proper programmes have been done by the government he addedThe minister said PLFS surveys indicate that the unemployment rate is declining in the country and people are getting jobsThe labour ministry has also started carrying out survey in nine main sectors including manufacturing information technology education and hospitality and the survey outcomes show much increase in the rate of employment he said PTI PK PK TDS TDS

New Delhi Mar 24 PTI Employment in the country has increased by 22 per cent in the past seven years since 2013-14 as per the survey reports of labour bureau Union Labour Minister Bhupender Yadav told Parliament on Thursday The minister also told the House that according to the Periodic Labour Force Survey PLFS unemployment among the graduate level job seekers of 15 to 40 years of age has come down He told the House that as per PLFS the rise in employment in IT healthcare and eduction sectors reflects that employment opportunities were generated through various government programmes Replying to a supplementary question in the Rajya Sabha Yadav said employment has increased by 22 per cent in last seven years in comparison to 2013-14 Apart from the farm sector the other nine sectors like transport education hospitality trade and Information Technology IT have witnessed rise in employment The minister also said that 27 crore informal workers have been enrolled on the e-SHRAM portal during the last six months The e-SHRAM portal was launched in August 2021 with an objective to create a national database of unorganised workers and to facilitate delivery of social security schemeswelfare schemes of the central and state governments to the unorganised workers Any unorganised worker aged between 16 and 59 years is eligible for registration on this portal All registered workers are entitled to get an accidental insurance cover of Rs 2 lakh for a year free of cost through Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana PMSBY and several other benefits PTI KKS KKS HVA HVA

Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], February 2 (ANI/BusinessWire India): The Union Budget 2022 presented in the Parliament by Nirmala Sitaraman, Honorable Minister of Finance, Government of India provides a huge fillip to Labor Force Participation of Women with the announcement of urban capacity building.