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Apurva Chandra

  • 26 Jun 2021

  • Labour and Employment Secretary, Apurva Chandra, completed his tenure as Chair of Governing Body of International Labour Organization on 25 June 2021 after holding the position for the period October 2020 to June 2021.
  • Last year India had assumed the Chairmanship of the Governing Body of International Labour Organization after 35 years.
  • The Governing Body (GB) is the apex executive body of the ILO which decides policies, programmes, agenda, budget and elects the Director-General.
  • The ILO has 187 member states: 186 out of 193 UN member states plus the Cook Islands.
  • It is headquartered at Geneva, Switzerland and Guy Ryder is the current Director General.