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Assam warns tea estate owners: Cooperate on land pattas for garden workers or lose Rs 150 crore incentivesAssam's government is urging tea estate owners to cooperate in granting land rights to workers, threatening to withdraw ₹150 crore in annua...- Assam Assembly passes bill granting land rights to tea garden workersAssam's Legislative Assembly has passed a historic bill granting land rights to tea garden workers. This landmark legislation provides land...
- Tea planters urge MSP at Tea Association's 36th biennial general meetingThe plea was voiced during the recently concluded 36th Biennial General Meeting of the Tea Association of India, Assam Branch, held in Tezp...
- Labour reforms make steady progress; at least 17 states pre-publish draft rules on 4 codes: Economic SurveyIn 2019 and 2020, 29 central labour laws were amalgamated, rationalised and simplified into four labour codes, viz., the Code on Wages, 201...
- What state labour law reforms have achieved so far? Here's a report cardOver the years, some states have attempted to reform the laws and simplified regulations. Before 2014, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Punja...
- Assam govt waives off 20% power surcharge for tea garden labourers and BPL consumersAssam government has decided that Tea garden labourers and BPL consumers will not have to pay 20% pay surcharge and they can pay arrears of...
- BJP resolution lauds PM, Centre for farm laws, handling LAC standoff and COVID-19 pandemicThe resolution, passed in the first physical meeting of the newly appointed office-bearers of the BJP, comes ahead of assembly elections in...
- Government says Labour Codes aimed at expanding labour welfare measuresOn raising the employee limit of smaller units for closure to 300, the Ministry said the Parliamentary Standing Committee had also recommen...
- 15 states seek approval for changes in three labour laws from CentreAccording to minister labour minister Santosh Gangwar, reforms in labour laws is a continuous process. Therefore, Central and State Governm...
- Assam hikes liquor prices by 25 per centAssam cabinet held its meeting on Friday through video conferencing. Assam Industries and Commerce Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary said the...
- View: Labour laws are not the only villain hampering growth as they are made out to beIt’s perhaps time to challenge a popular narrative that labour laws pull down growth and businesses.
- Govt introduces Labour Code on Industrial Relations bill in Lok SabhaThe industrial relations code is the third of four labour codes that have got approval from the Cabinet. The Bill consolidates essential el...
- Central Trade Unions begin two-day nationwide strikeFarmers will join road jam, demonstration, protest meetings throughout the country and register their disenchantment with the government an...
- Centre proposes fixed-term labour contractsThe draft notification on fixed-term contracts is part of the Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Central (Amendment) Rules, 2018, and ...
- Assam enacts a major labour reform, employers can now fire 300 staff without prior govt nodThe Bill raised the threshold on number of employees from 100 to 300 to allow retrenchment of employees without seeking prior approval.
- Labour reforms put on hold ahead of state pollsBarely 10% of India’s total work population, estimated at 480 million, is in the organised sector and a huge part of migrant workers are fr...
- Exit polls show gains for BJP, D-St can’t wait to factor in reform boostGoods & services tax bill is still pending. The GST legislation assumes importance as it is perceived to add between 100-200 bps to the GDP...
- Inter-ministerial group formed to draft National Employment PolicyVishnu Deo Sai also told the RS in a written reply that the web portal for labour law compliance will be launched this year.
- Gujarat tops list of states in terms of economic freedomNarendra Modi-led Gujarat has topped the list of 20 large states in terms of economic freedom, governance and inclusive growth, says a repo...
- Pro-talks Ulfa faction, Centre to meet this monthThe next round of talks between the pro-talks Ulfa faction under Chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa and the Centre is likely to be held in New Delh...
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