Shankar Aggarwal

"The government's minimum wage announcement is completely inadequate. The strike stands and we demand they should enact a law to fix minimum (universal) wage," All India Trade Union Congress General Secretary Gurudas Dasgupta said.

Need to address employment issues in rural areas: Labour Secy

If the issues relating to employment generation in rural areas are not addressed in time, they may result in social chaos, Aggarwal said at an event here.

PM to launch national career services portal next month

The minister said unorganised workforce constitutes 93 per cent of the total workforce in the country and for them the government has already launched a host of schemes like Rashtriya Suraksha Bima Yojana and Atal Pension Yojana.

India's reforms trgt labour anarchy, but too late for some

Increasingly common in Indian workplaces, these violent outbursts could become a thing of the past under a bold round of labour reforms planned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.