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Ministry of Labour and Employment
Agency overview
Branch of Government of India
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	Mansukh Mandaviya,Cabinet Minister Shobha Karandlaje,Minister of State
Agency executive	Vandana Gurnani, IAS
Website	labour.gov.in

TheMinistry of Labour & Employment is one of the oldest and most important Ministries of theGovernment 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'ssocial 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 asIndustrial Training andApprenticeship responsibilities were transferred to theMinistry 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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Directorate General of Employment^[7]
Office of the Chief Labour Commissioner (CLC)(Central)
Directorate General Factory Advice Service and Labour Institute (DGFASLI)
Labour Bureau

Cabinet Ministers

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Note: I/C – Independent Charge
Key:^† Died in office

Portrait	Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency	Term of office			Political party	Ministry	Prime Minister
Portrait	Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency	From	To	Period	Political party	Ministry	Prime Minister
Minister of Labour
	Jagjivan Ram (1908–1986) MCA forBihar	15 August 1947	13 May 1952	4 years, 272 days	Indian National Congress	Nehru I		Jawaharlal Nehru
	V. V. Giri (1894–1980) MP forPathapatnam	13 May 1952	7 September 1954	2 years, 117 days		Nehru II
	Khandubhai Kasanji Desai (1898–1975) MP forMehsana West	10 September 1954	16 April 1957	2 years, 218 days		Nehru II
Minister of Labour and Employment
	Gulzarilal Nanda (1898–1998) MP forSabarkantha	17 April 1957	10 April 1962	4 years, 358 days	Indian National Congress	Nehru III		Jawaharlal Nehru
	Jaisukhlal Hathi (1909–1982) MP forGujarat (Rajya Sabha) (Minister of State)	16 April 1962	15 November 1962	213 days		Nehru IV
	Gulzarilal Nanda (1898–1998) MP forSabarkantha	1 September 1963	24 January 1964	145 days
	Damodaram Sanjivayya (1921–1972) MP forAndhra Pradesh (Rajya Sabha)	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
	Jagjivan Ram (1908–1986) MP forSasaram	24 January 1966	13 March 1967	1 year, 48 days	Indian National Congress	Indira I		Indira Gandhi
	Jaisukhlal Hathi (1909–1982) MP forGujarat (Rajya Sabha)	13 March 1967	15 November 1969	2 years, 247 days	Indian National Congress	Indira II
	Jagjivan Ram (1908–1986) MP forSasaram	15 November 1969	18 February 1970	95 days	Indian National Congress (R)	Indira II
Minister of Labour and Rehabilitation
	Damodaram Sanjivayya (1921–1972) MP forAndhra Pradesh (Rajya Sabha)	18 February 1970	18 March 1971	1 year, 28 days	Indian National Congress (R)	Indira II		Indira Gandhi
	Raghunath Keshav Khadilkar (1905–1979) MP forBaramati (Minister of State)	18 March 1971	5 February 1973	1 year, 324 days		Indira III
	K. V. Raghunatha Reddy (1924–2002) MP forAndhra Pradesh (Rajya Sabha) (Minister of State)	5 February 1973	9 November 1973	273 days		Indira III
Minister of Labour
	K. V. Raghunatha Reddy (1924–2002) MP forAndhra Pradesh (Rajya Sabha) (Minister of State)	9 November 1973	24 March 1977	3 years, 135 days	Indian National Congress (R)	Indira III		Indira Gandhi
	Ravindra Varma (1925–2006) MP forRanchi	26 March 1977	28 July 1979	2 years, 124 days	Janata Party	Desai		Morarji Desai
	Fazlur Rahman MP forBettiah	30 July 1979	14 January 1980	168 days	Janata Party (Secular)	Charan		Charan Singh
	Janaki Ballabh Patnaik (1927–2015) MP forCuttack	16 January 1980	7 June 1980	143 days	Indian National Congress	Indira IV		Indira Gandhi
	Indira Gandhi (1917–1984) MP forMedak (Prime Minister)	8 June 1980	19 October 1981	1 year, 133 days
	N. D. Tiwari (1925–2018) MP forNainital	19 October 1980	15 January 1982	1 year, 88 days
	Bhagwat Jha Azad (1922–2011) MP forBhagalpur (Minister of State, I/C)	15 January 1982	2 September 1982	230 days
Minister of Labour and Rehabilitation
	Veerendra Patil (1924–1997) MP forBagalkot	2 September 1982	31 October 1984	2 years, 115 days	Indian National Congress	Indira IV		Indira Gandhi
	Veerendra Patil (1924–1997) MP forBagalkot	4 November 1984	31 December 1984	2 years, 115 days	Indian National Congress	Rajiv I		Rajiv Gandhi
Minister of Labour
	Tanguturi Anjaiah (1919–1986) MP forSecunderabad (Minister of State, I/C)	31 December 1984	20 January 1986	1 year, 20 days	Indian National Congress (I)	Rajiv II		Rajiv Gandhi
	P. A. Sangma (1947–2016) MP forTura (Minister of State, I/C)	20 September 1986	6 February 1988	1 year, 139 days
	Makhan Lal Fotedar (1932–2017) MP forUttar Pradesh (Rajya Sabha)	6 February 1988	14 February 1988	8 days
	Jagdish Tytler (born 1944) MP forDelhi Sadar (Minister of State, I/C)	14 February 1988	25 June 1988	132 days
	Bindeshwari Dubey (1921–1993) MP forBihar (Rajya Sabha)	25 June 1988	2 December 1989	1 year, 160 days
	Ram Vilas Paswan (1946–2020) MP forHajipur	6 December 1989	10 November 1990	339 days	Janata Dal	Vishwanath		Vishwanath Pratap Singh
	Chandra Shekhar (1927–2007) MP forBallia (Prime Minister)	21 November 1990	21 June 1991	212 days	Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)	Chandra Shekhar		Chandra Shekhar
	Vazhappady K. Ramamurthy (1940–2002) MP forKrishnagiri (Minister of State, 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 forNandyal (Prime Minister)	30 July 1991	10 July 1992	346 days
	P. A. Sangma (1947–2016) MP forTura (Minister of State, I/C until 10 Feb 1995)	10 July 1992	15 September 1995	3 years, 67 days
	G. Venkatswamy (1929–2014) MP forPeddapalli	15 September 1995	16 May 1996	244 days
	Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924–2018) MP forLucknow (Prime Minister)	16 May 1996	1 June 1996	16 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Vajpayee I		Atal Bihari Vajpayee
	Balwant Singh Ramoowalia (born 1942) MP forUttar Pradesh (Rajya Sabha)	1 June 1996	29 June 1996	28 days	Independent	Deve Gowda		H. D. Deve Gowda
	M. Arunachalam (1944–2004) MP forTenkasi	29 June 1996	21 April 1997	296 days	Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)	Deve Gowda		H. D. Deve Gowda
	Inder Kumar Gujral (1919–2012) MP forBihar (Rajya Sabha) (Prime Minister)	21 April 1997	1 May 1997	10 days	Janata Dal	Gujral		Inder Kumar Gujral
	M. Arunachalam (1944–2004) MP forTenkasi	1 May 1997	9 June 1997	39 days	Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)
	M. P. Veerendra Kumar (1936–2020) MP forKozhikode (Minister of State, I/C)	9 June 1997	19 March 1998	283 days	Janata Dal
	Satyanarayan Jatiya (born 1946) MP forUjjain	19 March 1998	13 October 1999	1 year, 208 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Vajpayee II		Atal Bihari Vajpayee
	Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924–2018) MP forLucknow (Prime Minister)	13 October 1999	22 November 1999	40 days		Vajpayee III
	Satyanarayan Jatiya (born 1946) MP forUjjain	22 November 1999	1 September 2001	1 year, 283 days
	Sharad Yadav (1947–2023) MP forMadhepura	1 September 2001	1 July 2002	303 days	Janata Dal (United)
	Sahib Singh Verma (1943–2007) MP forOuter Delhi	1 July 2002	22 May 2004	1 year, 326 days	Bharatiya Janata Party
Minister of Labour and Employment
	Sis Ram Ola (1927–2013) MP forJhunjhunu	23 May 2004	27 November 2004	188 days	Indian National Congress	Manmohan I		Manmohan Singh
	K. Chandrashekar Rao (born 1954) MP forKarimnagar	27 November 2004	24 August 2006	1 year, 270 days	Telangana Rashtra Samithi
	Manmohan Singh (born 1932) MP forAssam (Rajya Sabha) (Prime Minister)	24 August 2006	24 October 2006	61 days	Indian National Congress
	Oscar Fernandes (1941–2021) MP forKarnataka (Rajya Sabha) (Minister of State, I/C)	24 October 2006	3 March 2009	2 years, 130 days
	G. K. Vasan (born 1964) MP forTamil Nadu (Rajya Sabha) (Minister of State, I/C)	3 March 2009	22 May 2009	80 days
	Mallikarjun Kharge (born 1942) MP forGulbarga	28 May 2009	17 June 2013	4 years, 20 days		Manmohan II
	Sis Ram Ola (1927–2013) MP forJhunjhunu	17 June 2013	15 December 2013^[†]	181 days
	Oscar Fernandes (1941–2021) MP forKarnataka (Rajya Sabha)	15 December 2013	26 May 2014	162 days
	Narendra Singh Tomar (born 1957) MP forGwalior	27 May 2014	9 November 2014	166 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Modi I		Narendra Modi
	Bandaru Dattatreya (born 1947) MP forSecunderabad (Minister of State, I/C)	9 November 2014	3 September 2017	2 years, 298 days
	Santosh Kumar Gangwar (born 1948) MP forBareilly (Minister of State, I/C)	3 September 2017	30 May 2019	3 years, 307 days
		31 May 2019	7 July 2021	3 years, 307 days		Modi II
	Bhupender Yadav (born 1969) MP forRajasthan (Rajya Sabha)	7 July 2021	9 June 2024	2 years, 338 days		Modi II
	Mansukh Mandaviya (born 1972) MP forPorbandar	10 June 2024	Incumbent	1 year, 250 days		Modi III

Ministers of State

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Portrait	Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency	Term of office			Political party	Ministry	Prime Minister
Portrait	Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency	From	To	Period	Political party	Ministry	Prime Minister
Minister of State of Labour and Employment
	Jaisukhlal Hathi (1909–1982) MP forGujarat (Rajya Sabha)	4 September 1963	24 January 1964	142 days	Indian National Congress	Nehru IV		Jawaharlal Nehru
	Kotha Raghuramaiah (1912–1979) MP forGuntur	9 June 1964	13 June 1964	4 days	Indian National Congress	Shastri		Lal Bahadur Shastri
Minister of State of Labour, Employment and Rehabilitation
	Jagannath Rao (1909–?) MP forChatrapur	24 January 1966	14 February 1966	21 days	Indian National Congress	Indira I		Indira Gandhi
	Lalit Narayan Mishra (1923–1975) MP forBihar (Rajya Sabha)	13 March 1967	14 November 1967	246 days	Indian National Congress	Indira II
	Bhagwat Jha Azad (1922–2011) MP forBhagalpur	14 February 1969	18 March 1971	2 years, 32 days	Indian National Congress (R)	Indira II
Minister of State of Labour
	Larang Sai (1935–2004) MP forSarguja	14 August 1977	28 July 1979	1 year, 348 days	Janata Party	Desai		Morarji Desai
	Ram Kripal Sinha (1934–2023) MP forBihar (Rajya Sabha)	14 August 1977	28 July 1979	1 year, 348 days	Janata Party	Desai		Morarji Desai
	T. Anjaiah (1919–1986) MP forSecunderabad	8 June 1980	11 October 1980	125 days	Indian National Congress	Indira IV		Indira Gandhi
	Ram Dulari Sinha (1922–1994) MP forSheohar	19 October 1980	15 January 1982	1 year, 88 days	Indian National Congress	Indira IV		Indira Gandhi
Minister of State of Labour and Rehabilitation
	Mohsina Kidwai (born 1932) MP forMeerut	11 September 1982	29 January 1983	140 days	Indian National Congress	Indira IV		Indira Gandhi
	Dharmavir MP forUttar Pradesh (Rajya Sabha)	29 January 1983	31 October 1984	1 year, 323 days		Indira IV		Indira Gandhi
	Dharmavir MP forUttar Pradesh (Rajya Sabha)	4 November 1984	22 December 1984	1 year, 323 days		Rajiv I		Rajiv Gandhi
Minister of State of Labour
	Radhakishan Malviya (1943–2013) MP forMadhya Pradesh (Rajya Sabha)	4 July 1989	2 December 1989	151 days	Indian National Congress	Rajiv II		Rajiv Gandhi
	Ram Ji Lal Suman (born 1950) MP forFirozabad	21 November 1990	21 June 1991	212 days	Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)	Chandra Shekhar		Chandra Shekhar
	Muni Lall (1938–2019) MP forSasaram	13 October 1999	1 July 2002	2 years, 261 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Vajpayee III		Atal Bihari Vajpayee
	Ashok Kumar Pradhan (born 1953) MP forKhurja	1 July 2002	29 January 2003	212 days
	Vijay Goel (born 1954) MP forChandni Chowk	29 January 2003	24 May 2003	115 days
	Santosh Kumar Gangwar (born 1948) MP forBareilly	24 May 2003	8 September 2003	107 days
Minister of State of Labour and Employment
	Chandra Sekhar Sahu (born 1950) MP forBerhampur	29 January 2006	24 October 2006	268 days	Indian National Congress	Manmohan I		Manmohan Singh
	Harish Rawat (born 1948) MP forHaridwar	28 May 2009	19 January 2011	1 year, 236 days		Manmohan II
	Kodikunnil Suresh (born 1962) MP forMavelikara	28 October 2012	26 May 2014	1 year, 210 days		Manmohan II
	Vishnu Deo Sai (born 1964) MP forRaigarh	27 May 2014	9 November 2014	166 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Modi I		Narendra Modi
	Rameswar Teli (born 1970) MP forDibrugarh	7 July 2021	9 June 2024	2 years, 338 days		Modi II
	Shobha Karandlaje (born 1966) MP forBangalore North	10 June 2024	Incumbent	1 year, 250 days		Modi III

References

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^"Budget 2023 | Social security cuts irk trade unions".The Hindu. February 2023.
^^a ^b ^c"Ministry of Labour and Employment Annual Report for Year 2011–2012"(PDF). Ministry of Labour and Employment. Retrieved6 June 2012.
^"National Skill Development Mission".www.pmindia.gov.in.
^"Jagjivan Ram | Indian Politician, Spokesman for the Dalits | Britannica".www.britannica.com. 29 November 2024. Retrieved21 December 2024.
^"Thrust Areas of Ministry of Labour & Employment, Govt. of India".
^"Press release SIXTH QUARTERLY SURVEY REPORT ON EFFECT OF ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN ON EMPLOYMENT IN INDIA (JANUARY TO MARCH 2010)".
^"Directorate General of Employment (DGE) | Ministry of Labour & Employment". Labour.nic.in. 19 April 2018. Retrieved15 September 2018.

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