The government is contemplating enhancing the wage ceiling under the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) to at least ₹21,000 from...

In its 193rd meeting, under the chairmanship of labour and employment minister Bhupender Yadav, it was decided that superannuated or volunt...

Currently, there is a mandatory wage ceiling of ₹15,000 for employees and only enterprises with 20 or more workers can join its schemes, in...

The proposal, once implemented, will bring an estimated 7.5 million additional workers within the fold of the scheme, and also adjust for t...

The move can bring in 50 lakh more formal sector workers into the social security net of EPFO in addition to its existing subscriber base o...

"ESIC has raised the threshold wage limit from Rs 15,000 to Rs 21,000," Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya said after the board meeting of ...

Under the ESI scheme the government provides full medical care to an insured person and his family from the day he enters insurable employm...

The decision is seen as a big step by the BJP government to extend social security coverage to a large chunk of unorganized workers.

Prime minister Narendra Modi is likely to announce government’s big bang initiative at the upcoming Indian Labour Conference on Monday.

Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya said that the ESIC has taken a number of decisions to improve the medical services to be provided under ...

Centre had promised & approved several measures, including a minimum monthly pension of Rs 1K & higher salary ceilings for mandatory PF & h...

The sops for workers include a new minimum wage, an assured minimum pension and higher salary ceilings for several employment benefits.

Experts said the raised ESIC ceiling will hit the take-home income components of those earning over Rs 15,000 per month and up to Rs 30,000...

The labour ministry is pursuing the cabinet to clear the proposal for a minimum pension of Rs 1,000 to workers under the Employees Pension ...

The union government is 'seriously considering' raising the wage ceiling of ESI and Provident Fund, Kodikunnil Suresh said.

The government may consider raising the ceiling on wages so that more employees can avail of the benefits of the Employees State Insurance ...

The Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) should set up subsidiary corporations and make them fully responsible for medical benefit ...