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Economic and Statistical Analysis Section (ESA Section)

Under the overall direction and guidance of the Minister of State (IC), Labour & Employment and Secretary (L&E), ESA Section functions directly under the supervision of following officers:-

  • Shri S.K.Srivastava, Joint Secretary

  • Shri U.D.N. Sidhwani, Deputy Secretary

  • Ms Bina Rani Vij, Under Secretary

  • Shri I.M.Khan, Section Officer

Main Activities

ESA Section mainly handles the following matters in respect of two autonomous bodies viz. V.V. Giri National Labour Institute, NOIDA (VVGNLI) and Central Board for Workers’ Education, Nagpur (CBWE) & one attached office viz. Labour Bureau:-

      • Policy, administrative, vigilance matters

      • Plan and Non-Plan Schemes

      • Performance Budget, Outcome Budget

      • Framing/Amendment of Recruitment Rules of various Posts

      • Creation/Continuation and revival of Posts

      • Budget matters, Audit/Internal Audit

      • Parliament Questions, Court Cases,

      • MP/VIP/PMO references etc.

V.V. Giri National Labour Institute (VVGNLI), NOIDA

The Institute, with its headquarters at Noida (U.P.), is a registered society, which conducts action oriented research and provides training to grass root level workers in the trade union movement, both in urban and rural areas and also to Officers dealing with industrial relations, personnel management, labour welfare etc.

Central Board for Workers’ Education (CBWE), Nagpur.

The Board with its headquarters at Nagpur is a registered society dealing with schemes for training of workers in the techniques of trade unionism and in bringing about consciousness among workers about their rights, duties and responsibilities. The Board also undertakes programme for rural workers’ education and functional adult education.

Labour Bureau

Labour Bureau with its headquarters at Chandigarh and Shimla, is responsible for collection, compilation and publication of statistical and other information regarding employment, wages, earnings, industrial relations, working conditions etc. It also compiles and publishes the Consumer Price Index Numbers for industrial and agricultural/rural workers. The Bureau further renders necessary assistance to the States for conducting training programmes in labour statistics at State/District/Unit levels.

The above three Organisations also have their own Websites with following addresses:-

  1. VVGNLI - www.vvgnli.org

  2. CBWE - www.cbwe.nic.in

  3. Labour Bureau - www.labourbureau.nic.in





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