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OpEd

AI for people, applying technology for social good

Artificial intelligence must help advance social justice, inclusive work and equitable growth, explain the ILO Director-General and the Minister of Labour and Employment of India in a joint opinion piece published ahead of the AI Impact Summit...

Multi-stakeholder dialogue marks launch of historic bipartite roadmap on responsible business conduct for decent work in India

Employers, workers, government institution, and enterprises discussed the way forward on operationalizing RBC for decent work building on the bipartite roadmap.

Enterprises

India’s social partners present bipartite roadmap to promote responsible business conduct

Bipartite roadmap marks an important step toward operationalizing responsible business conduct in India.

ILO Macro policies

Opening markets, shaping jobs: The EU-India trade agreement

The EU and India have signed a long-awaited trade agreement which promises to reshape trade, growth, and employment across two of the world’s largest markets. ILO experts Radhicka Kapoor and Kee Beom Kim examine what this means for jobs, wages, and...

Landmark bipartite roadmap launched to advance Responsible Business Conduct and Decent Work in India

India’s employers’ and workers’ organizations jointly launched the country’s first Bipartite Roadmap on RBC, marking a culmination of landmark year-long dialogue and strengthened cooperation.

Rapid ageing reshapes jobs, growth and inclusion in Asia and the Pacific

ILO-EU forum urges collective solutions to ensure demographic change drives decent work and inclusive growth.

Strengthening collective action

Towards a collective voice for platform workers: Trade union and youth-led innovative strategies for evidence-based policy advocacy in India

Indian trade unions and emerging workers’ groups agreed to form a National Joint Forum for Platform Workers, creating a unified mechanism for coordination, knowledge sharing, and collective advocacy.

ILO Voices | Disability inclusion

I discovered the SPARK within me to promote disability inclusion

My name is Lata Korde. I work as a disability inclusion facilitator in Maharashtra, India. This work is important to me. Having a disability myself, I want to ensure that people like me are recognized and included in society.

Call for Proposals

Rapid assessment on social protection access for care workers including migrant care workers in Andhra Pradesh

The International Labour Organization (ILO) seeks a research team comprising lead research expert/s and necessary research assistance of 2 months is envisaged. The lead research expert/s must hold a PhD in a relevant discipline, have over 15 years...

New ILO programme set to advance social protection for migrant workers across the South Asia–Gulf corridor

The official launch of the STREAM Programme at the Second World Summit for Social Development marks a new stage in strengthening social protection for migrant workers and their families across the South Asia–Gulf corridor.

Second World Summit for Social Development

World leaders renew commitments to social protection for migrant workers across the Gulf, South Asia and Africa

A landmark gathering at the Second World Summit for Social Development united policymakers and social partners from the three regions to advance joint action on extending social protection to millions of migrant workers.

CLP Annual Meeting 2025

Child Labour Platform Programme launched in India

The 16th Annual Meeting of the Child Labour Platform marked a turning point as the ILO and the Governments in India unveiled a comprehensive programme to tackle child labour in key agricultural supply chains.

Employment in Focus series

Towards a pro-employment macroeconomic framework: The case of India

For sustainable development, economies need more than growth- they need good jobs. In this article, Radhicka Kapoor, senior employment specialist at the ILO and Amit Basole, professor of Economics at Azim Premji University argue that macroeconomic...

South Asian trade union youth leaders unite for safer and healthier workplaces

Young trade union leaders from across South Asia have pledged a joint action on occupational safety and health (OSH) at a regional ILO-ACTRAV conference

Partnerships

India and ILO launch study to develop global job classification

India funds a two-year ILO study to create a unified system for classifying jobs by skill and qualification levels.

Indian employers’ and workers’ organizations forge a joint roadmap for responsible business conduct

Leading Indian employers’ and workers’ organizations held a bipartite dialogue facilitated by the ILO, agreeing on a joint roadmap to promote Responsible Business Conduct and decent work in supply chains.

Indian trade unions take united step toward advancing maternity protection

Eleven Central Trade Unions have taken a significant step forward in strengthening maternity protection for women workers in India during a national training organized by the International Labour Organization (ILO) on 21–22 August in New Delhi.

International Year of Cooperatives

Measures to strengthen cooperatives and their role in sustainable development showcased at UN Headquarters

At a high-level event for the International Year of Cooperatives, governments, the ILO, and representatives of the cooperative movement shared recent policies, financing schemes and education initiatives, alongside new data and international...

Core sanitation

National workshop on transforming core sanitation work: safety, dignity & inclusion

The national workshop on core sanitation work in Odisha showcased the Garima model, focusing on safety, dignity, and inclusion of sanitation workers through policy, innovation, and cross-state collaboration.

Advancing Responsible Business Conduct in India’s manufacturing sector: Insights from the capacity building workshop in Chennai

The ILO-EFI-CII workshop in Chennai brought together over 50 industry leaders to advance Responsible Business Conduct, including through Human Rights Due Diligence and promoting workplace safety and sustainable business strategies