October 13 , 2025
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- The Ministry of Labour released the draft National Labour and Employment Policy (Shram Shakti Niti 2025).
- It aims to create universal, portable social security accounts for all workers by 2030.
- It proposes integration of EPFO, ESIC, PM-JAY (Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana), e-SHRAM, and State welfare boards.
- It targets raising female labour-force participation to 35 percent by 2030.
- The policy introduces a single-window digital compliance platform with simplified returns and self-certification for MSMEs.
- It focuses on AI-driven labour governance, risk-based inspections, and gender-sensitive safety standards.
- Implementation is planned in three phases from 2025 to beyond 2030, covering rollout, monitoring, and policy renewal.
- Progress will be tracked via dashboards, a Labour and Employment Policy Evaluation Index (LPEI), and annual reports to Parliament.
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