EPS amended: The amendment in the Employees' Pension Scheme (EPS) 1995 will benefit around 6.3 lakh pensioners.

According to the National Statistical Office's (NSO) Periodic Labour Force Survey 2017-18, a majority of workers in the country worked more than 48 hours in a week, which is more than the International Labour Organisation's prescribed time-limit.

The Union Cabinet has already approved this bill which proposes to increase the national minimum wage by Rs 2 to Rs 178 per day despite an internal labour ministry committee's suggestion of Rs 375.

There is no separate published data for unorganised sector as a whole. \"However, the shrinking of unorganised sector is a positive indicator of development,\"said Santosh Kumar Gangwar

The cabinet committee on investments will be chaired by PM Modi and will have Home Minister Amit Shah, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal and Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari as its members

The fact that Modi wanted Santosh Gangwar to continue in the labour and employment ministry only proves the importance the government attaches to his 'reform agenda'.

The Union Cabinet for the 17th Lok Sabha comprises 24 cabinet ministers apart from Modi, nine ministers of state with independent charge and as many as 24 ministers of state