Facing flak, Labour Ministry launches social media platform

Ravi S Singh
Tribune News Service
New Delhi, May 28

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Facing flak for alleged inadequate handling of labour issue during the lockdown, the Union Labour Ministry launched a social media platform on Thursday for Labour Bureau which will provide latest statistics relating to labour welfare.

A Twitter handle @LabourDG for Labour Bureau was inaugurated by Union Labour Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar.

Gangwar tweeted that this handle will be a regular and updated source of snapshot on Indian Labour Market Indicators.

Labour Bureau, an attached office of Ministry of Labour and Employment, has been collecting and disseminating information on various facets of labour like wages, earnings, productivity, absenteeism, labour turnover, industrial relations, working and living conditions and evaluation of working of various labour enactments etc.

The information disseminated by the bureau plays an important role for advising government for formulation and implementation of employment policies and procedures in the country.

Labour Bureau has a mandate of compilation and maintenance of index numbers, conducting surveys for collection of statistics in the field of labour and collection, compilation and dissemination of administrative labour statistics.

Labour Bureau is engaged in labour force surveys and enterprise surveys which primarily provide estimates of indicators related to Labour Force.

Its two main wings are at Chandigarh and Shimla, and five regional offices, one each at Ahmedabad, Kanpur, Kolkata, Guwahati and Chennai with a sub-regional Office in Mumbai.