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Ministry of Labour and Employment
Branch of Government of India
Agency overview
JurisdictionGovernment of India
HeadquartersRafi Marg, New Delhi
Annual budget1.5 Billion USD or ₹13,221.73 crore (2023–24 est.)[1]
Ministers responsible
Agency executive
  • Sumita Dawra IAS
Websitelabour.gov.in

The Ministry of Labour & Employment is one of the oldest and most important Ministries of the Government of India. This is an India's federal ministry which is responsible for enforcement of labour laws in general and legislations related to a worker's social security.[2] The Ministry aims to create a healthy work environment for higher production and productivity and to develop and coordinate vocational skill training and employment.[2] However, Skill Development responsibilities, such as Industrial Training and Apprenticeship responsibilities were transferred to the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship from 9 November 2014.[3] The Ministry launched the National Career Service portal on 20 July 2015 to help bridge the gap between job providers and job seekers. Jagjivan Ram was the first Labour Minister of independent India, serving in Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's cabinet from 1947 to 1952.[4]

Role and Working

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Functions

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The thrust areas of the ministry are:[5]

  • Labour Policy and legislation
  • Safety, health and welfare of labour
  • Social security of labour
  • Policy relating to special target groups such as women and child labour
  • Industrial relations and enforcement of labour laws in the Central sphere
  • Adjudication of industrial disputes through Central Government Industrial Tribunals cum Labour Courts and National Industrial Tribunals
  • Workers' Education
  • Labour and Employment Statistics

The results of recession[6] on employment in the eight selected sectors textiles including apparels, leather, metals, automobiles, gems & jewellery, transport, IT/BPO and handloom / powerloom were monitored starting from Oct–Dec 2008. The overall employment in the eight selected sectors covered in the quarterly surveys has increased by 10.66 lakh (0.16%). In IT/BPO sector the increase in the employment is maximum (6.9 lakh) during the year 2009–10.

  • Emigration of Labour for employment abroad
  • Employment services and vocational training
  • Administration of Central Labour & Employment Services
  • International co-operation in labour and employment matters
  • The ministry of Labor and Employment Govt. Of India has Introduce E-Shram Card For UN- organize Sector Employees Social And Economical improvement During The COVID-19 Pandemic Session on 1 August 2021.

Organisation

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Attached offices

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Subordinate offices

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Statutory Bodies

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Autonomous bodies

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Cabinet Ministers

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  • Note:
    • MoS (I/C) – Minister of State (Independent Charge)
    • MoS – Minister of State/Minister without cabinet rank
No. Portrait Minister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency 		Term of office Political party Ministry Prime Minister
From To Period
Minister of Labour
1 Jagjivan Ram
(1908–1986)
MCA for Bihar 		15 August
1947 		13 May
1952 		4 years, 272 days Indian National Congress Nehru I Jawaharlal Nehru
2 V. V. Giri
(1894–1980)
MP for Pathapatnam 		13 May
1952 		7 September
1954 		2 years, 117 days Nehru II
3 Khandubhai Kasanji Desai
(1898–1975)
MP for Mehsana West 		10 September
1954 		16 April
1957 		2 years, 218 days
Minister of Labour and Employment
4 Gulzarilal Nanda
(1898–1998)
MP for Sabarkantha 		17 April
1957 		10 April
1962 		4 years, 358 days Indian National Congress Nehru III Jawaharlal Nehru
5 Jaisukhlal Hathi
(1909–1982)
Rajya Sabha MP for Gujarat
(MoS) 		16 April
1962 		15 November
1962 		213 days Nehru IV
(4) Gulzarilal Nanda
(1898–1998)
MP for Sabarkantha 		1 September
1963 		24 January
1964 		145 days
6 Damodaram Sanjivayya
(1921–1972)
Rajya Sabha MP for Andhra Pradesh 		24 January
1964 		27 May
1964 		2 years, 0 days
27 May
1964 		9 June
1964 		Nanda I Gulzarilal Nanda
9 June
1964 		11 January
1966 		Shastri Lal Bahadur Shastri
11 January
1966 		24 January
1966 		Nanda II Gulzarilal Nanda
Minister of Labour, Employment and Rehabilitation
(1) Jagjivan Ram
(1908–1986)
MP for Sasaram 		24 January
1966 		13 March
1967 		1 year, 48 days Indian National Congress Indira I Indira Gandhi
(5) Jaisukhlal Hathi
(1909–1982)
Rajya Sabha MP for Gujarat 		13 March
1967 		15 November
1969 		2 years, 247 days Indira II
(1) Jagjivan Ram
(1908–1986)
MP for Sasaram 		15 November
1969 		18 February
1970 		95 days Indian National Congress (R)
Minister of Labour and Rehabilitation
(6) Damodaram Sanjivayya
(1921–1972)
Rajya Sabha MP for Andhra Pradesh 		18 February
1970 		18 March
1971 		1 year, 28 days Indian National Congress (R) Indira II Indira Gandhi
7 Raghunath Keshav Khadilkar
(1905–1979)
MP for Baramati
(MoS) 		18 March
1971 		5 February
1973 		1 year, 324 days Indira III
8 K. V. Raghunatha Reddy
(1924–2002)
Rajya Sabha MP for Andhra Pradesh
(MoS) 		5 February
1973 		9 November
1973 		273 days
Minister of Labour
(8) K. V. Raghunatha Reddy
(1924–2002)
Rajya Sabha MP for Andhra Pradesh
(MoS) 		9 November
1973 		24 March
1977 		3 years, 135 days Indian National Congress (R) Indira III Indira Gandhi
9 Ravindra Varma
(1925–2006)
MP for Ranchi 		26 March
1977 		28 July
1979 		2 years, 124 days Janata Party Desai Morarji Desai
10 Fazlur Rahman
MP for Bettiah 		30 July
1979 		14 January
1980 		168 days Janata Party (Secular) Charan Charan Singh
11 Janaki Ballabh Patnaik
(1927–2015)
MP for Cuttack 		16 January
1980 		7 June
1980 		143 days Indian National Congress (I) Indira IV Indira Gandhi
– Indira Gandhi
(1917–1984)
MP for Medak
(Prime Minister) 		8 June
1980 		19 October
1981 		1 year, 133 days
12 N. D. Tiwari
(1925–2018)
MP for Nainital 		19 October
1980 		15 January
1982 		1 year, 88 days
13 Bhagwat Jha Azad
(1922–2011)
MP for Bhagalpur
(MoS, I/C) 		15 January
1982 		2 September
1982 		230 days
Minister of Labour and Rehabilitation
14 Veerendra Patil
(1924–1997)
MP for Bagalkot 		2 September
1982 		31 October
1984 		2 years, 115 days Indian National Congress (I) Indira IV Indira Gandhi
4 November
1984 		31 December
1984 		Rajiv I Rajiv Gandhi
Minister of Labour
15 T. Anjaiah
(1919–1986)
MP for Secunderabad
(MoS, I/C) 		31 December
1984 		20 January
1986 		1 year, 20 days Indian National Congress (I) Rajiv II Rajiv Gandhi
16 P. A. Sangma
(1947–2016)
MP for Tura
(MoS, I/C) 		20 September
1986 		6 February
1988 		1 year, 139 days
17 Makhan Lal Fotedar
(1932–2017)
Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh 		6 February
1988 		14 February
1988 		8 days
18 Jagdish Tytler
(born 1944)
MP for Delhi Sadar
(MoS, I/C) 		14 February
1988 		25 June
1988 		132 days
19 Bindeshwari Dubey
(1921–1993)
Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar 		25 June
1988 		2 December
1989 		1 year, 160 days
20 Ram Vilas Paswan
(1946–2020)
MP for Hajipur 		6 December
1989 		10 November
1990 		339 days Janata Dal Vishwanath Vishwanath Pratap Singh
– Chandra Shekhar
(1927–2007)
MP for Ballia
(Prime Minister) 		21 November
1990 		21 June
1991 		212 days Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) Chandra Shekhar Chandra Shekhar
21 Vazhappady K. Ramamurthy
(1940–2002)
MP for Krishnagiri
(MoS, I/C) 		21 June
1991 		30 July
1991 		39 days Indian National Congress (I) Rao P. V. Narasimha Rao
– P. V. Narasimha Rao
(1921–2004)
MP for Nandyal
(Prime Minister) 		30 July
1991 		10 July
1992 		346 days
(16) P. A. Sangma
(1947–2016)
MP for Tura
(MoS, I/C until 10 February 1995) 		10 July
1992 		15 September
1995 		3 years, 67 days
22 G. Venkatswamy
(1929–2014)
MP for Peddapalli 		15 September
1995 		16 May
1996 		244 days
– Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(1924–2018)
MP for Lucknow
(Prime Minister) 		16 May
1996 		1 June
1996 		16 days Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee I Atal Bihari Vajpayee
23 Balwant Singh Ramoowalia
(born 1942)
Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh 		1 June
1996 		29 June
1996 		28 days Independent Deve Gowda H. D. Deve Gowda
24 M. Arunachalam
(1944–2004)
MP for Tenkasi 		29 June
1996 		21 April
1997 		296 days Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)
– Inder Kumar Gujral
(1919–2012)
Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar
(Prime Minister) 		21 April
1997 		1 May
1997 		10 days Janata Dal Gujral Inder Kumar Gujral
(24) M. Arunachalam
(1944–2004)
MP for Tenkasi 		1 May
1997 		9 June
1997 		39 days Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)
25 M. P. Veerendra Kumar
(1936–2020)
MP for Kozhikode
(MoS, I/C) 		9 June
1997 		19 March
1998 		283 days Janata Dal
26 Satyanarayan Jatiya
(born 1946)
MP for Ujjain 		19 March
1998 		13 October
1999 		1 year, 208 days Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee II Atal Bihari Vajpayee
– Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(1924–2018)
MP for Lucknow
(Prime Minister) 		13 October
1999 		22 November
1999 		40 days Vajpayee III
(26) Satyanarayan Jatiya
(born 1946)
MP for Ujjain 		22 November
1999 		1 September
2001 		1 year, 283 days
27 Sharad Yadav
(1947–2023)
MP for Madhepura 		1 September
2001 		1 July
2002 		303 days Janata Dal (United)
28 Sahib Singh Verma
(1943–2007)
MP for Outer Delhi 		1 July
2002 		22 May
2004 		1 year, 326 days Bharatiya Janata Party
Minister of Labour and Employment
29 Sis Ram Ola
(1927–2013)
MP for Jhunjhunu 		23 May
2004 		27 November
2004 		188 days Indian National Congress Manmohan I Manmohan Singh
30 K. Chandrashekar Rao
(born 1954)
MP for Karimnagar 		27 November
2004 		24 August
2006 		1 year, 270 days Telangana Rashtra Samithi
– Manmohan Singh
(born 1932)
Rajya Sabha MP for Assam
(Prime Minister) 		24 August
2006 		24 October
2006 		61 days Indian National Congress
31 Oscar Fernandes
(1941–2021)
Rajya Sabha MP for Karnataka
(MoS, I/C) 		24 October
2006 		3 March
2009 		2 years, 130 days
32 G. K. Vasan
(born 1964)
Rajya Sabha MP for Tamil Nadu
(MoS, I/C) 		3 March
2009 		22 May
2009 		80 days
33 Mallikarjun Kharge
(born 1942)
MP for Gulbarga 		28 May
2009 		17 June
2013 		4 years, 20 days Manmohan II
(29) Sis Ram Ola
(1927–2013)
MP for Jhunjhunu 		17 June
2013 		15 December
2013
(died in office) 		181 days
(31) Oscar Fernandes
(1941–2021)
Rajya Sabha MP for Karnataka 		15 December
2013 		26 May
2014 		162 days
34 Narendra Singh Tomar
(born 1957)
MP for Gwalior 		27 May
2014 		9 November
2014 		166 days Bharatiya Janata Party Modi I Narendra Modi
35 Bandaru Dattatreya
(born 1947)
MP for Secunderabad
(MoS, I/C) 		9 November
2014 		3 September
2017 		2 years, 298 days
36 Santosh Kumar Gangwar
(born 1948)
MP for Bareilly
(MoS, I/C) 		3 September
2017 		30 May
2019 		3 years, 307 days
31 May
2019 		7 July
2021 		Modi II
37 Bhupender Yadav
(born 1969)
Rajya Sabha MP for Rajasthan 		7 July
2021 		9 June
2024 		2 years, 338 days
38 Mansukh Mandaviya
(born 1972)
MP for Porbandar 		10 June
2024 		Incumbent 198 days Modi III

Ministers of State

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No. Portrait Minister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency 		Term of office Political party Ministry Prime Minister
From To Period
Minister of State of Labour and Employment
1 Jaisukhlal Hathi
(1909–1982)
Rajya Sabha MP for Gujarat 		4 September
1963 		24 January
1964 		142 days Indian National Congress Nehru IV Jawaharlal Nehru
2 Kotha Raghuramaiah
(1912–1979)
MP for Guntur 		9 June
1964 		13 June
1964 		4 days Indian National Congress Shastri Lal Bahadur Shastri
Minister of State of Labour, Employment and Rehabilitation
3 Jagannath Rao
(1909–?)
MP for Chatrapur 		24 January
1966 		14 February
1966 		21 days Indian National Congress Indira I Indira Gandhi
4 Lalit Narayan Mishra
(1923–1975)
Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar 		13 March
1967 		14 November
1967 		246 days Indian National Congress Indira II
5 Bhagwat Jha Azad
(1922–2011)
MP for Bhagalpur 		14 February
1969 		18 March
1971 		2 years, 32 days Indian National Congress (R) Indira II
Minister of State of Labour
6 Larang Sai
(1935–2004)
MP for Sarguja 		14 August
1977 		28 July
1979 		1 year, 348 days Janata Party Desai Morarji Desai
7 Ram Kripal Sinha
(1934–2023)
Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar
8 T. Anjaiah
(1919–1986)
MP for Secunderabad 		8 June
1980 		11 October
1980 		125 days Indian National Congress (I) Indira IV Indira Gandhi
9 Ram Dulari Sinha
(1922–1994)
MP for Sheohar 		19 October
1980 		15 January
1982 		1 year, 88 days
Minister of State of Labour and Rehabilitation
10 Mohsina Kidwai
(born 1932)
MP for Meerut 		11 September
1982 		29 January
1983 		140 days Indian National Congress (I) Indira IV Indira Gandhi
11 Dharmavir
Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh 		29 January
1983 		31 October
1984 		1 year, 323 days
4 November
1984 		22 December
1984 		Rajiv I Rajiv Gandhi
Minister of State of Labour
12 Radhakishan Malviya
(1943–2013)
Rajya Sabha MP for Madhya Pradesh 		4 July
1989 		2 December
1989 		151 days Indian National Congress (I) Rajiv II Rajiv Gandhi
13 Ram Ji Lal Suman
(born 1950)
MP for Firozabad 		21 November
1990 		21 June
1991 		212 days Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) Chandra Shekhar Chandra Shekhar
14 Muni Lall
(1938–2019)
MP for Sasaram 		13 October
1999 		1 July
2002 		2 years, 261 days Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee III Atal Bihari Vajpayee
15 Ashok Kumar Pradhan
(born 1953)
MP for Khurja 		1 July
2002 		29 January
2003 		212 days
16 Vijay Goel
(born 1954)
MP for Chandni Chowk 		29 January
2003 		24 May
2003 		115 days
17 Santosh Kumar Gangwar
(born 1948)
MP for Bareilly 		24 May
2003 		8 September
2003 		107 days
Minister of State of Labour and Employment
18 Chandra Sekhar Sahu
(born 1950)
MP for Berhampur 		29 January
2006 		24 October
2006 		268 days Indian National Congress Manmohan I Manmohan Singh
19 Harish Rawat
(born 1948)
MP for Haridwar 		28 May
2009 		19 January
2011 		1 year, 236 days Indian National Congress Manmohan II
20 Kodikunnil Suresh
(born 1962)
MP for Mavelikara 		28 October
2012 		26 May
2014 		1 year, 210 days
21 Vishnudeo Sai
(born 1964)
MP for Raigarh 		26 May
2014 		9 November
2014 		167 days Bharatiya Janata Party Modi I Narendra Modi
22 Rameswar Teli
(born 1970)
MP for Dibrugarh 		7 July
2021 		9 June
2024 		2 years, 338 days Bharatiya Janata Party Modi II
23 Shobha Karandlaje
(born 1966)
MP for Bangalore North 		10 June
2024 		Incumbent 198 days Modi III

See also

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Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020

References

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  1. ^ "Budget 2023 | Social security cuts irk trade unions". The Hindu. February 2023.
  2. ^ a b c "Ministry of Labour and Employment Annual Report for Year 2011–2012" (PDF). Ministry of Labour and Employment. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
  3. ^ "National Skill Development Mission". www.pmindia.gov.in.
  4. ^ "Jagjivan Ram | Indian Politician, Spokesman for the Dalits | Britannica". www.britannica.com. 29 November 2024. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
  5. ^ "Thrust Areas of Ministry of Labour & Employment, Govt. of India".
  6. ^ "Press release SIXTH QUARTERLY SURVEY REPORT ON EFFECT OF ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN ON EMPLOYMENT IN INDIA (JANUARY TO MARCH 2010)".
  7. ^ "Directorate General of Employment (DGE) | Ministry of Labour & Employment". Labour.nic.in. 19 April 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  8. ^ "Home | DGFASLI, Mumbai, Ministry of Labour, Government of India". dgfasli.gov.in.
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