25 more labour ministry officials test COVID-19 +ve

As many as 25 officials of the ministry of labour and employment tested positive for COVID-19 this week, taking the number of infected employees in the ministry to 36, according to a source.......

Modi govt 'nearly signed death warrant' for Aravalli Hills: Sonia Gandhi

Congress parliamentary party chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday claimed that the Modi government has displayed a particularly "venal streak of cynicism" in relation to environmental protection......

India, Russia to ink pact for skilled migration during Putin's visit

India and Russia are expected to sign a bilateral mobility agreement during President Vladimir Putin's visit to New Delhi in the first week of December. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi being......

Saudi Arabia Ends Kafala: What Changes For 2.6 Mn Indians?

Saudi Arabia has scrapped its decades-old Kafala system, a work sponsorship that was often unfair, freeing 13 million migrant workers, including 2.6 million Indians, from restrictive employer......

How New Labour Code Will Change The Workplace

India's labour landscape is undergoing one of the biggest transformation in decades. The government has consolidated 29 pre-Independence and early post-Independence labour laws -- many of them......

RBI outlines steps to improve EPFO's investment management

The RBI advisory follows a labour ministry request earlier this year seeking the central bank’s expertise to identify gaps in EPFO’s investment strategy and fund management practices, including......

How Modi's Committee-Led Governance Is Driving Reforms

The change in the government's engagement with the economy's need for reforms is more nuanced than how analysts have so far perceived it, points out A K Bhattacharya. IMAGE: Prime Minister......

Centre restarts MGNREGA in West Bengal, but conditions apply

After a gap of more than three years, the central government has agreed to resume the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) works in West Bengal with immediate effect,......