The fourth Employment Working Group (EWG) meeting under India’s G20 Presidency began in the city of Indore on Wednesday.
In the opening session of the meeting, Arti Ahuja, Secretary, Ministry of Labour & Employment and the G20 EWG Chair welcomed the delegates and recapitulated the discussions and achievements made during the last three EWG meetings.
The delegates from co-chair countries, namely Indonesia and Brazil, also made statements in the opening session and expressed their optimism on completing the work through fruitful discussions.
India made a presentation on e-Shram, the world’s largest database of unorganised workers and National Career Service (NCS) Portal. The presentation on e-shram and NCS portals will also be shared with international delegates who expressed interest and curiosity on India’s achievement on these fronts.
In further sessions of the meeting, discussions took place on the Draft Ministerial Declaration & Outcome Documents aimed at finalisation of these documents.