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Large-scale internship programme offering 1 crore internship opportunities with top 500 companies over five years. Provides Rs 5,000 monthly allowance and Rs 6,000 one-time assistance targeting youth aged 21-24.

First full budget of NDA III government with focus on employment and skilling (Rs 2 lakh crore for 5 schemes), new income tax regime slabs, abolition of angel tax, and Rs 11.11 lakh crore capex allocation for infrastructure.

Scheme for traditional artisans and craftspeople working with their hands and tools, covering 18 trades including carpentry, blacksmithing, and pottery. Provides skill training, toolkit incentives, collateral-free credit up to Rs 3 lakh, and digital payment incentives.

Consolidated 29 central labour laws into four codes: Wages, Industrial Relations, Social Security, and Occupational Safety. Aimed to simplify compliance, extend social security, and improve ease of doing business.

Central Act enacted 2020-09-28. Full text on India Code (indiacode.nic.in).

Central Act enacted 2020-09-28. Full text on India Code (indiacode.nic.in).

Micro-credit scheme providing affordable working capital loans (Rs 10,000 to Rs 50,000 in three tranches) to street vendors affected by COVID-19. Includes digital payment incentives and cashback rewards.

Central Act enacted 2019-11-12. Full text on India Code (indiacode.nic.in).

Central Act enacted 2019-08-08. Full text on India Code (indiacode.nic.in).

Flagship skill development scheme to enable Indian youth to take up industry-relevant skill training with monetary rewards and certification. Target of skilling one crore youth over four years.

Provides micro-finance loans up to Rs 10 lakh to non-corporate, non-farm small/micro enterprises through three categories: Shishu (up to Rs 50,000), Kishore (up to Rs 5 lakh), and Tarun (up to Rs 10 lakh).

Central Act enacted 2014-07-17. Full text on India Code (indiacode.nic.in).

Central Act enacted 2013-09-18. Full text on India Code (indiacode.nic.in).

Defines and prohibits sexual harassment at the workplace and establishes Internal Complaints Committees and Local Complaints Committees for redressal. Applies to both organised and unorganised sectors.

Legislation to protect women from sexual harassment at workplace, mandating Internal Complaints Committees in organisations with 10+ employees, defining sexual harassment, and establishing complaint and redressal mechanisms.

Aimed to increase manufacturing sector's share of GDP from 16% to 25% by 2022 and create 100 million additional jobs. Proposed National Investment and Manufacturing Zones (NIMZs) with simplified regulations.

Expanded the National Skill Development Corporation's mandate to skill 150 million people by 2022 through public-private partnerships. Set up Sector Skill Councils and standardised vocational training frameworks.

Provided social security framework for unorganised sector workers covering life and disability cover, health and maternity benefits, and old age protection. Established National and State Social Security Boards.

Central Act enacted 2007-05-11. Full text on India Code (indiacode.nic.in).

Guarantees 100 days of wage employment per year to every rural household whose adult members volunteer for unskilled manual work. The world's largest work guarantee programme, covering over 700 districts.

Guaranteed 100 days of wage employment per year to every rural household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work. The world's largest public works programme, providing a social safety net to millions. Later renamed MGNREGA.

Central Act enacted 2000-09-04. Full text on India Code (indiacode.nic.in).

Central Act enacted 2000-05-25. Full text on India Code (indiacode.nic.in).

Central Act enacted 1997-08-18. Full text on India Code (indiacode.nic.in).

Central Act enacted 1997-05-28. Full text on India Code (indiacode.nic.in).

Central Act enacted 1993-06-05. Full text on India Code (indiacode.nic.in).