
The Ministry was set up in 1957 on the institution of the Ministerial system and is an emanation of the Labour Department created in 1938 upon the recommendations of the Hooper Commission to assist and advise employees in their relationship with their employers and to regulate labour conditions.
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The Ministry comprises the following Services/Divisions:
- Labour & Industrial Relations
- Occupational Safety & Health
- Registry of Associations
- Employment Division and Service

The Ministry of Women's Rights and Family Affairs was created in 1982. In July 1984 with the merging of the Social Welfare Division of the Ministry of Social Security, its appellation changed to

General Functions and Administration
The Ministry operates under the portfolio of the Minister of Health and Quality of Life.
The functions of the Ministry are:
To develop a comprehensive health

The main activities of this Ministry revolve around formulating policies in the energy, water and waste water sectors and the establishment of a responsive legal framework to govern the development

The objectives of the Ministry would be resumed as follows:-
to preserve and foster cultural values both at individual and collective levels;
to promote cultural interaction among different cultural
The Public Infrastructure Division of the Ministry of Public Infrastructure, Land Transport & Shipping is responsible for the implementation of Road, Bridge and Government Building

Processing of PER/EIA reports
The Environment Assessment division of the Department of Environment examines the environmental impacts, both beneficial and adverse, of proposed development projects.

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