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Agency overview | |
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Jurisdiction | Government of India |
Headquarters | Rafi Marg, New Delhi |
Annual budget | 1.5 Billion USD or ₹13,221.73 crore (2023–24 est.) [1] |
Ministers responsible | |
Agency executive |
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Website | labour |
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.
The thrust areas of the ministry are: [4]
The results of recession [5] 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.
No | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Prime Minister | Party | |||
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1 | Jagjivan Ram | 15 August 1947 | 13 May 1952 | 4 years, 272 days | Jawaharlal Nehru | Indian National Congress | ||
2 | V. V. Giri | 13 May 1952 | 7 September 1954 | 2 years, 117 days | ||||
3 | Khandubhai Kasanji Desai | 10 September 1954 | 16 April 1957 | 2 years, 221 days | ||||
4 | Gulzarilal Nanda | 17 April 1957 | 10 April 1962 | 4 years, 359 days | ||||
5 | Jai Sukh Lal Hathi | 16 April 1962 | 15 November 1962 | 213 days | ||||
(4) | Gulzarilal Nanda | 1 September 1963 | 24 January 1964 | 145 days | ||||
6 | Damodaram Sanjivayya | 24 January 1964 | 24 January 1966 | 2 years, 0 days | Jawaharlal Nehru Lal Bahadur Shastri | |||
(1) | Jagjivan Ram | 24 January 1966 | 13 March 1967 | 1 year, 48 days | Indira Gandhi | |||
(5) | Jai Sukh Lal Hathi | 13 March 1967 | 15 November 1969 | 2 years, 247 days | ||||
(1) | Jagjivan Ram | 15 November 1969 | 18 February 1970 | 95 days | ||||
(6) | Damodaram Sanjivayya | 18 February 1970 | 18 March 1971 | 1 year, 28 days | ||||
7 | Ravindra Varma | 26 March 1977 | 28 July 1979 | 2 years, 124 days | Morarji Desai | Janata Party | ||
8 | Fazlur Rahman | 30 July 1979 | 14 January 1980 | 168 days | Charan Singh | Janata Party (Secular) | ||
9 | Janaki Ballabh Patnaik | 16 January 1980 | 7 June 1980 | 143 days | Indira Gandhi | Indian National Congress | ||
10 | N. D. Tiwari | 19 October 1980 | 8 August 1981 | 293 days | ||||
11 | Bhagwat Jha Azad (Independent Charge) | 15 January 1982 | 2 September 1982 | 230 days | ||||
12 | Veerendra Patil | 2 September 1982 | 31 December 1984 | 2 years, 120 days | Indira Gandhi Rajiv Gandhi | |||
13 | T. Anjaiah (Independent Charge) | 31 December 1984 | 20 January 1986 | 1 year, 20 days | Rajiv Gandhi | |||
14 | P. A. Sangma (Independent Charge) | 20 September 1986 | 6 February 1988 | 1 year, 139 days | ||||
15 | Makhan Lal Fotedar | 6 February 1988 | 14 February 1988 | 8 days | ||||
16 | Jagdish Tytler (Independent Charge) | 14 February 1988 | 25 June 1988 | 132 days | ||||
17 | Bindeshwari Dubey | 25 June 1988 | 2 December 1989 | 1 year, 160 days | ||||
18 | Ram Vilas Paswan | 6 December 1989 | 10 November 1989 | 339 days | V. P. Singh | Janata Dal | ||
19 | Chandra Shekhar | 10 November 1990 | 21 June 1991 | 223 days | Chandra Shekhar | Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) | ||
20 | Vazhappady K. Ramamurthy (Independent Charge) | 21 June 1991 | 30 July 1991 | 39 days | P. V. Narasimha Rao | Indian National Congress | ||
21 | P. V. Narasimha Rao | 30 July 1991 | 10 July 1992 | 346 days | ||||
(14) | P. A. Sangma (Independent Charge till 10-Feb-1995) | 10 July 1992 | 15 September 1995 | 3 years, 67 days | ||||
22 | Gaddam Venkatswamy | 15 September 1995 | 16 May 1996 | 244 days | ||||
23 | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | 16 May 1996 | 1 June 1996 | 16 days | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
24 | Balwant Singh Ramoowalia | 1 June 1996 | 29 June 1996 | 28 days | H. D. Deve Gowda | Janata Dal | ||
25 | M. Arunachalam | 29 June 1996 | 21 April 1997 | 296 days | Tamil Maanila Congress | |||
26 | I. K. Gujral | 21 April 1997 | 1 May 1997 | 10 days | I. K. Gujral | Janata Dal | ||
(25) | M. Arunachalam | 1 May 1997 | 9 June 1997 | 39 days | Tamil Maanila Congress | |||
27 | M. P. Veerendra Kumar (Independent Charge) | 9 June 1997 | 19 March 1998 | 283 days | Janata Dal | |||
28 | Satyanarayan Jatiya | 19 March 1998 | 13 October 1999 | 1 year, 208 days | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
(23) | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | 13 October 1999 | 22 November 1999 | 40 days | ||||
(28) | Satyanarayan Jatiya | 22 November 1999 | 1 September 2001 | 1 year, 283 days | ||||
29 | Sharad Yadav | 1 September 2001 | 1 July 2002 | 303 days | Janata Dal (United) | |||
30 | Sahib Singh Verma | 1 July 2002 | 22 May 2004 | 1 year, 326 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | |||
31 | Sis Ram Ola | 23 May 2004 | 27 November 2004 | 188 days | Manmohan Singh | Indian National Congress | ||
32 | K. Chandrashekar Rao | 27 November 2004 | 24 August 2006 | 1 year, 270 days | Bharat Rashtra Samithi | |||
33 | Manmohan Singh | 24 August 2006 | 24 October 2006 | 61 days | Indian National Congress | |||
34 | Oscar Fernandes (Independent Charge) | 24 October 2006 | 3 March 2009 | 2 years, 130 days | ||||
35 | G. K. Vasan (Independent Charge) | 3 March 2009 | 22 May 2009 | 80 days | ||||
36 | Mallikarjun Kharge | 28 May 2009 | 17 June 2013 | 4 years, 20 days | ||||
37 | Sis Ram Ola | 17 June 2013 | 15 Dec 2013 | 181 days | ||||
38 | Oscar Fernandes | 15 December 2013 | 26 May 2014 | 162 days | ||||
39 | Narendra Singh Tomar | 26 May 2014 | 9 November 2014 | 167 days | Narendra Modi | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
40 | Bandaru Dattatreya (Independent Charge) | 9 November 2014 | 3 September 2017 | 2 years, 298 days | ||||
41 | Santosh Gangwar (Independent Charge) | 3 September 2017 | 7 July 2021 | 3 years, 307 days | ||||
42 | Bhupender Yadav | 7 July 2021 | Incumbent | 2 years, 261 days |
Minister of state | Portrait | Political party | Term | Years | ||
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Vishnudeo Sai | Bharatiya Janata Party | 26 May 2014 | 9 November 2014 | 167 days | ||
Rameswar Teli | 7 July 2021 | Incumbent | 2 years, 261 days |
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