The draft policy presents a renewed vision for a fair, inclusive, and future-ready world of work aligned with the national aspiration of a Viksit Bharat by 2047.
Strategic Objectives of Policy:
- Universal and Portable Social Security: Involves creating a Universal Social Security Account(USSA) by integrating major schemes e.g. Employees Provident Fund Organization (EPFO), Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY), e-SHRAM etc.
- Occupational Safety and Health (OSH): Implementation of the OSH Code, 2020 with risk-based inspections and gender-sensitive standards.
- Employment and Future Readiness: Positioning MoL&E as an Employment Facilitator and using the National Career Service (NCS) as the Digital Public Infrastructure for Employment.
- Women and Youth Empowerment: By increasing women’s participation in the labor force to 35% by 2030.
- Ease of Compliance and Formalization: Through a single-window digital compliance system with self-certification and simplified returns for MSMEs.
- Leveraging technology and Green Transition (Promoting green jobs)
- Achieve coherence across institutions, data systems, and jurisdictions through a unified digital labor-governance framework.
