Defaults under EPFO hit all-time high, rise 69.3%EPFO defaults soared to a record ₹25,820.88 crore in 2023-24, a 69.3% jump. Exempted establishments drove the surge, with Telangana leading...
08 Dec, 2024, 11.56 PM IST
India retained its growth momentum in Q1 of FY25, says FinMin's monthly economic reviewAs highlighted by the report, India's key economic indicators present a positive outlook, underpinned by robust domestic activity, improvin...
22 Aug, 2024, 03.32 PM IST
EPFO lays out SOPs for freezing and de-freezing of accountsThe retirement fund body says verification of freezed accounts have to be completed in up to 30 days and extendable up to 14 days for due d...
27 Dec, 2023, 03.23 PM IST
Why Nifty is showing no signs of topping out yetWith the recent rate hikes, inflation has started coming down. This will also help companies with decent debt equity ratio to improve their...
06 Dec, 2022, 02.56 PM IST
New employment under EPFO sees 58.7% increase in FY22Formal job creation surged in 2021-22 on the back of faster economic recovery post Covid. Payroll data for the last fiscal shows 58.7% incr...
25 May, 2022, 02.22 PM IST
Formal job creation up in January; EPFO sees 1.52 million new subscriber additionThe payroll data by the ministry of statistics and programme implementation, released on Friday, shows net new subscriber addition under th...
25 Mar, 2022, 12.51 PM IST
We are in talks with HR heads of companies on wage code: Labour Minister Bhupender YadavAccording to labour and employment minister Bhupender Yadav, India's labour codes are futuristic. "India is one of the few countries in the...
02 Mar, 2022, 10.08 AM IST
Different indicators on employment bounce back after dipping in April-June 2020: Economic SurveyThe document stated that, as per quarterly Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) data, up to March 2021, employment in urban sector affected ...
31 Jan, 2022, 05.35 PM IST
Labour ministry mulls extending ABRY deadline till March 2022 to boost fresh hiringUnder the ABRY approved by the Union Cabinet in December last year, the government pays mandatory employees provident fund contributions of...
20 Jun, 2021, 01.21 PM IST
Stimulus 3.0 signals a cautious approach towards economic recoveryAs per the recent estimates of RBI, GDP growth rate for Q2 would be at -8.6 percent, pushing the economy to a recessionary phase. In such a...
15 Nov, 2020, 05.05 PM IST
View: Stimulus 3.0 is a targeted and comprehensive package to stimulate growth and economic recoveryThe size of the stimulus under the package amounts to Rs2.65 lakh crore, taking the total stimulus announced by the GoI and RBI till date t...
12 Nov, 2020, 10.56 PM IST
We should assess our coronavirus fight against the metric of how many lives we are able to save : PM Narendra ModiPranab Dhal Samanta & Bodhisatva GanguliPrime Minister Narendra Modi has said the economy was getting “back on track faster than expected” ...
29 Oct, 2020, 09.38 AM IST
September data showing “credible signs” of eco growth: FinMin“Earnest efforts made by the government in last few months during coronavirus period have now started showing the green shoots and the mont...
03 Oct, 2020, 09.26 PM IST
View: Creating a National Renewal Fund can drag the economy out of this messThere are now serious questions being raised about a new set of measures, particularly in infrastructure and large-scale public works, whic...
29 Sep, 2020, 09.47 AM IST
Market Movers: What changed trade setup while you were sleepingLet's check out what all may move market all through the day.
22 Feb, 2019, 08.21 AM IST
The jobs report: 5 million non-farm jobs created in 2017Estimates of employment is usually done by the survey method either of households or enterprises.
30 Jul, 2018, 12.24 PM IST
Despite rebound, rupee is undervalued: Arvind MayaramThe REER refers to nominal exchange rate that has been adjusted for inflation and purchasing power differential between two currencies.
24 Sep, 2013, 04.00 AM IST