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No More 10-Minute Delivery Promise: Labour Ministry To Blinkit, Swiggy
Blinkit Stops 10-Minute Deliveries Feature In Relief For Gig Workers: Sources
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Parliamentary Panel Bats For Due Representation To Other Backward Classes In Organisational Hierarchy
A parliamentary standing committee has recommended that the labour ministry should make all-out efforts to include at least one member belonging to the OBC category in the central board of trustees of EPFO.
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Centre To Give 3 Months' Pay To Social Security Scheme Members Sacked During Covid
The Ministry of Labour and Employment will provide three months salary to Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ECSI) members who lost their jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic, Union Minister for Labour and Employment Bhupender Yadav informed today.
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Expert Panel On Wages To Submit Report "As Early As Possible": Ministry
Amid reports that the constitution of an expert group to provide recommendations on fixation to the government is a ploy to delay the exercise, the centre has clarified that the group will submit its recommendations "as early as possible".
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Labour Ministry Backs Punjab Over Welfare Funds For Vaccinating Construction Workers
The Union Labour Ministry today backed the Punjab government's decision to use welfare funds to inoculate the construction workers for free.
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Labour Ministry To Provide Free Coaching To SC/ ST Youth For Recruitment Exams
"All Scheduled Castes / Scheduled Tribes candidates registered with any Employment Exchange in the above said places are eligible to apply," it has said.
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No Clear Answer To Riddle Of Job Creation In India Due To Haphazard Data
Two crore new jobs --- that is what the BJP had promised in its campaign for the 2014 general elections. Four years on, there's no clarity on how much of it has been delivered, partly because of the confusion over data on jobs created.
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Government Forms Technical Committee To Improve Jobs Data Calculation
The government has set up a technical committee under former chief statistician TCA Anant to bring in more transparency in jobs data calculation and presentation, the labour ministry said today.
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New Panel To Look Into Jobs Data Calculation, Ensure Transparency
The government has formed a committee under former chief statistician TCA Anant to ensure transparency in jobs data calculation and presentation, the labour ministry has said. The labour bureau conducts two surveys on employment -- Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey (EUS) and Quarterly Employment Survey (QES)
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Maternity Benefit Bill Passed In Lok Sabha, Twitter Welcomes Move
New Delhi: The Lok Sabha on Thursday passed the Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Bill, 2016, increasing the maternity leave to 26 weeks from present 12 weeks. As per the bill, a woman who adopts a child below the age of three months will also be granted a leave for 12 weeks. The Bill, after President Pranab Mukherjee’s assent, will become a law. I...
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Centre To Open Bank Accounts For Unorganised Sector Workers
Labour Ministry today said it will launch a campaign in association with Department of Financial services to open bank accounts of workers, who do not have one till date, in the organised as well as unorganised sector.
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Labour Ministry Seeks More Mobile ATMs In Areas With Large Workforce
The Labour Ministry has sought deployment of more mobile ATMs in areas that have high concentration of workers such as construction sites in view of cash shortages due to demonetisation of high value currency notes.
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Hey Nightbirds, Malls, Restaurants, Cinemas Can Stay Open 24x7
A model law that allows shops, malls and cinema halls, among other establishments, to run 24x7 throughout the year received Cabinet assent on Wednesday.
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Labour Ministry Slows Down On Labour Reforms Push: Report
Two key labour reform bills may not come up in the Monsoon Session of Parliament beginning next month while legislations on three populist measures could be introduced.
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No Jobs, Rising Workforce: Government Confronts Its Worst Nightmare
Lakhanpal, a 41-year-old visually impaired post-graduate in Bhopal, has just one more year to reach the cut-off age for a government job. His efforts to get a private sector job have failed.
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No More 10-Minute Delivery Promise: Labour Ministry To Blinkit, Swiggy
Blinkit Stops 10-Minute Deliveries Feature In Relief For Gig Workers: Sources
-
Parliamentary Panel Bats For Due Representation To Other Backward Classes In Organisational Hierarchy
A parliamentary standing committee has recommended that the labour ministry should make all-out efforts to include at least one member belonging to the OBC category in the central board of trustees of EPFO.
-
Centre To Give 3 Months' Pay To Social Security Scheme Members Sacked During Covid
The Ministry of Labour and Employment will provide three months salary to Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ECSI) members who lost their jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic, Union Minister for Labour and Employment Bhupender Yadav informed today.
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Expert Panel On Wages To Submit Report "As Early As Possible": Ministry
Amid reports that the constitution of an expert group to provide recommendations on fixation to the government is a ploy to delay the exercise, the centre has clarified that the group will submit its recommendations "as early as possible".
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Labour Ministry Backs Punjab Over Welfare Funds For Vaccinating Construction Workers
The Union Labour Ministry today backed the Punjab government's decision to use welfare funds to inoculate the construction workers for free.
-
Labour Ministry To Provide Free Coaching To SC/ ST Youth For Recruitment Exams
"All Scheduled Castes / Scheduled Tribes candidates registered with any Employment Exchange in the above said places are eligible to apply," it has said.
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No Clear Answer To Riddle Of Job Creation In India Due To Haphazard Data
Two crore new jobs --- that is what the BJP had promised in its campaign for the 2014 general elections. Four years on, there's no clarity on how much of it has been delivered, partly because of the confusion over data on jobs created.
-
Government Forms Technical Committee To Improve Jobs Data Calculation
The government has set up a technical committee under former chief statistician TCA Anant to bring in more transparency in jobs data calculation and presentation, the labour ministry said today.
-
New Panel To Look Into Jobs Data Calculation, Ensure Transparency
The government has formed a committee under former chief statistician TCA Anant to ensure transparency in jobs data calculation and presentation, the labour ministry has said. The labour bureau conducts two surveys on employment -- Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey (EUS) and Quarterly Employment Survey (QES)
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Maternity Benefit Bill Passed In Lok Sabha, Twitter Welcomes Move
New Delhi: The Lok Sabha on Thursday passed the Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Bill, 2016, increasing the maternity leave to 26 weeks from present 12 weeks. As per the bill, a woman who adopts a child below the age of three months will also be granted a leave for 12 weeks. The Bill, after President Pranab Mukherjee’s assent, will become a law. I...
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Centre To Open Bank Accounts For Unorganised Sector Workers
Labour Ministry today said it will launch a campaign in association with Department of Financial services to open bank accounts of workers, who do not have one till date, in the organised as well as unorganised sector.
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Labour Ministry Seeks More Mobile ATMs In Areas With Large Workforce
The Labour Ministry has sought deployment of more mobile ATMs in areas that have high concentration of workers such as construction sites in view of cash shortages due to demonetisation of high value currency notes.
-
Hey Nightbirds, Malls, Restaurants, Cinemas Can Stay Open 24x7
A model law that allows shops, malls and cinema halls, among other establishments, to run 24x7 throughout the year received Cabinet assent on Wednesday.
-
Labour Ministry Slows Down On Labour Reforms Push: Report
Two key labour reform bills may not come up in the Monsoon Session of Parliament beginning next month while legislations on three populist measures could be introduced.
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No Jobs, Rising Workforce: Government Confronts Its Worst Nightmare
Lakhanpal, a 41-year-old visually impaired post-graduate in Bhopal, has just one more year to reach the cut-off age for a government job. His efforts to get a private sector job have failed.
