Salary hike this appraisal season? New labour codes and tax rules may change your real take-home payAppraisal season this year saw companies begin aligning salary structures with new labour codes and updated income tax rules. While some fi...
18 May, 2026, 11.23 AM IST
Vijay sworn in as Tamil Nadu CM: Here's what TVK promised ahead of Assembly pollsTamil actor Vijay's party, Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam, has taken charge as Tamil Nadu's new government. Vijay is now the Chief Minister. The ...
10 May, 2026, 11.59 AM IST
Labour ministry exempts Vedanta Coal block in Odisha from certain provisions of Contract Labour Act for three yearsIn a notification dated April 29, the ministry of labour and employment said this exemption has been given by the Centre in exercise of the...
01 May, 2025, 02.38 PM IST
Govt exempts FCI from provisions of Contract Labour Rules for 2 yearsThe move would benefit food storage depots of FCI across Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Punjab, Kerala, Tami...
26 Jun, 2020, 04.45 PM IST
Income tax exemption limit on gratuity doubled to Rs 20 lakh: Labour MinThe latest enhancement of tax exemption limit on gratuity follows a government notification issued on March 29, 2018.
07 Mar, 2019, 06.30 PM IST
No GST on support services to farmers: Finance MinistryA clarification was issued stating that the renting or leasing of land by farmers for agriculture, forestry, fishing or animal husbandry wa...
28 May, 2018, 09.47 PM IST
Parliamentary panel for heavy penalty on private EPF trusts for defaultA Parliamentary panel has asked the labour ministry to go for random checking of returns filed by private EPF trusts to detect any misuse o...
07 Apr, 2017, 11.13 PM IST
Labour Ministry asks EPFO, ESIC not to inspect startups for 3 yearsThere will be a blanket exemption from inspection and filing returns for the first year and would be asked to file an online self declarati...
25 Jan, 2016, 04.13 PM IST
ESIC faces Rs 7,300 crore service tax demandService Tax Commissionerate has imposed penalty of around Rs 1950 crore on ESIC for “suppression of facts” and “intent to evade payment of ...
29 Jan, 2014, 04.35 AM IST
EPFO asks field staff to file IT exemption proposals by November 15Retirement fund body EPFO has directed its field staff to submit all proposals for grant of regular income tax exemption to private PF trus...
19 Aug, 2013, 08.38 PM IST
Budget 2013 gives one more year to PF trusts to seek I-T exemptionUnion Budget 2013 has proposed to extend the deadline for seeking exemption certificate by private PF trusts by one year till March 31, 201...
01 Mar, 2013, 06.19 PM IST
- Finance Ministry extends tax exemption for private PF trusts till March 2013
Giving relief to about 46 lakh subscribers of over 2,700 private PF Trusts, the Finance Ministry has extended the income tax exemption for ...
09 May, 2012, 08.27 PM IST
- FinMin may extend IT exemption to private PF trusts till Mar 2013
The Finance Ministry is likely to extend the income tax exemption on retirement benefits to private PF trusts for the current fiscal.
26 Apr, 2012, 07.45 PM IST
- Mallikarjun Kharge writes to FM on I-T exemption to private PF subscribers
Kharge has written to Pranab Mukherjee to consider extending the time-limit for private PF trusts to seek exemption from income tax on reti...
13 Apr, 2012, 09.38 PM IST
- Extension of tax waiver to private PF trusts likely
Government today indicated that the IT exemption to about 2,400 private provident fund trusts would be incorporated in the 2012-13 Budget.
27 Mar, 2012, 05.30 PM IST
Budget 2012: Confusion for company-run provident fund trustsTo ensure that their employees are not at mercy of the state-run PF dept, many employers manage funds in-house by setting up PF trusts unde...
22 Mar, 2012, 12.07 PM IST
- 1,550 PF trusts may lose I-T benefits
Deadline for recognition as exempted funds expires on march 31.
09 Jan, 2009, 01.52 AM IST