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Ministry of Labour and Employment: An Overview

1.3.3. Statutory/Autonomous Organisations
i. Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO)

ii. Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC)
iii. Dattopant Thengadi National Board for Workers Education and
Development (DTNBWED)

iv. V.V. Giri National Labour Institute (VVGNLI)
1.4. Legislations Administered by the Ministry
i. The Employees’ Compensation Act, 1923

ii. The Provident Funds Act, 1925
iii. The Trade Unions Act, 1926
iv. The Payment of Wages Act, 1936
v. The Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946
vi. The Industrial Disputes Act, 1947
vii. The Minimum Wages Act, 1948

viii. The Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948
ix. The Factories Act, 1948
x. The Plantations Labour Act, 1951
xi. The Employees’ Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act,
1952
xii. The Mines Act, 1952
xiii. The Working Journalists and other Newspaper Employees
(Conditions of Service and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1955
xiv. The Working Journalists (Fixation of Rates of Wages) Act, 1958
xv. The Employment Exchanges (Compulsory Notification of Vacancies)
Act, 1959
xvi. The Maternity Benefit Act, 1961
xvii. The Motor Transport Workers Act, 1961

xviii. The Payment of Bonus Act, 1965
xix. The Beedi and Cigar Workers (Conditions of Employment) Act,
1966

xx. The Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970
xxi. The Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972
xxii. The Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976
xxiii. The Equal Remuneration Act, 1976

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