The Union government on Tuesday launched the Digital Labour Chowk application, which connects workers with employers digitally for transparent and efficient job matching. It alsolaunched a portal for collection of “Building and Other Construction Workers Cess,” a unified digital system for automatic cess calculation, online payment, and real-time monitoring.
During the national conference of Labour & Employment and Industry Ministers and Secretaries of States and Union Territories here, Labour & Employment Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said that the portal will ensure plan approvals are linked to cess verification and accelerating the flow of funds to State Welfare Boards for worker benefits.
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During the conference, the ministers also held discussion on the draft Private Placement Agency (Regulation) Act, 2025. The proposed law aims to establish uniform national standards to regulate the currently fragmented placement ecosystem, bringing transparency and accountability to both domestic and overseas recruitment.
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The Ministry of Labour and Employment said the Act’s core mechanism is the registration of all private placement agencies, creating a single national register.