BRICS Labour and Employment Ministerial meeting

BRICS Labour & Employment Ministerial Meeting

Question: Recently BRICS Labour and Employment Ministerial meeting was held in which of the following city?
(a) Jaipur
(b) Goa
(c) New Delhi
(d) Udaipur
Ans: (c)
Related facts:

  • On 27-28 September 2016 BRICS Labour and Employment Ministerial meeting held under BRICS India presidency in New Delhi.
  • Bandaru Dattatreya, the Union Minister of State(IC) Labour and Employment has chaired the BRICS Labour and Employment Ministerial Meeting.
  • Over the course of two days fruitful discussions were held on areas of common labour and employment issues.
  • The deliberations included “Employment Generation”, “Social Security”, and “Inclusive Development including Formalization”
  • The BRICS Labour and Employment Ministerial Declaration has been adopted at the end of these discussions.
  • The BRICS Ministerial Declaration is an action-oriented statement. Strong interventions and actions have been proposed in the areas concerning employment generation, social security and formalisation of labour markets leading to inclusive and sustainable development.

Reference:
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=151224
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=151151
http://labour.nic.in/brics/brics-labour-employment-ministerial-meeting