Odisha hikes minimum wages for workers form April 1 

Bhubaneswar, April 6: The State Government has revised minimum daily wages of unskilled, semi-skilled, skilled and highly-skilled labourers. “The daily wages of the labourers has been increased by hiking their Variable Dearness Allowance (VDA) by Rs 12,” stated an official notification issued by the State Labour Commissioner Dr N. Thirumala Naik. “The Variable Dearness Allowance […]

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Portal for skill mapping of tribal migrant workers

Bhubaneswar, November 28: The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Research and Training Institute (SCSTR&TI) here is developing a dedicated web portal to create a database of tribal migrant labourers in Odisha. The project was initiated by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs with the aim to push for livelihood generation of tribal workers especially after many […]

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