India, June 12 -- The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has "acknowledged" an expansion in India's social protection coverage from 19% in 2015 to 64.3% in the current year and these updated figures are now part of the ILOSTAT database, Union labour minister Mansukh Mandaviya said at ILO's 113th session in Geneva on Wednesday.

The country is "fully committed" to fulfilling all "ILO mandates", as a member country, including decent work conditions, social justice and ways to formalise the economy, the minister said at the plenary address.

At the 2025 session of the highest decision-making body of the UN labour agency, which will conclude on June 13, member-states and delegates are voting to consider new additions to the ILO's mandate...