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High-powered committee to implement breaks for food, nature's call for train driversThe Ministry of Labour has constituted a high-powered committee to work out the modalities "to provide defined time intervals for food and ...
Train movement in Punjab hit after farmers begin 3-day 'rail roko' protestFarmers in Punjab launched a three-day 'rail roko' agitation, affecting the movement of 91 trains. They are demanding a financial package f...
Railway union calls for 'direct action' if productivity linked bonus not paid by October 20AIRF general secretary Shiv Gopal Mishra said railwaymen worked 24X7 during the COVID-19 pandemic but the government was ignoring this "leg...
Congress offers to bear migrants’ railway faresCongress has offered to bear the railway fares of the home-bound migrant workers at a time when the Centre has been facing widespread criti...
Run special trains for migrants in Maharashtra after lockdown: Ajit PawarPawar also referred to the scores of migrant workers gathering outside Bandra Railway Station here on April 14 -- when the nationwide lockd...
‘Cover unorganised, migrant labourers too’The committee is learnt to have also asked the government to find ways to ensure enough rest and safety measures for workers in highly mech...
Committee to probe violation of contract labour system at portsThe members of the committee include representatives from the ministry of railways, Coal India, members of trade unions, employers’ represe...
Cabinet approval for wage code bill likely next weekThe bill on wage code — one of the four codes — had lapsed after the 16th Lok Sabha dissolved last month.
Mandatory database of labour, liquidity criteria for bidding for contracts: Rail ministryThe ministry release also said a contractor bidding for a service would be disqualified if penalty has been levied three times in the last ...
Indian Railways to create database of contract workers, give benefits like organised sectorThe new policy has introduced, for the first time, a digital contract labour management system which will be a database of all contractual ...
September 2 strike: Government panel to meet trade unions on August 26Ahead of worker unions' proposed strike on September 2, an inter-ministerial panel headed by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will meet with r...
Railwaymen's black badge protest against Debroy reportSeveral members of All-India Railwaymen's Federation, across the country today wore black badges in protest against the recommendations of ...
11 central trade unions to go on nationwide strike on September 2This declaration from trade unions comes on the first anniversary of the govt which claims to be working on the towards welfare of the work...
Government departments in dock for flouting contract employment lawsAs many as nine central government departments, including the railways and the ministries of finance, commerce and petroleum, could be in t...
- Bidding documents for railways' PPP projects modified
Aiming at reviving the big-ticket PPP projects in Marhora and Madhepura, the Railways has reworked the bidding documents.
- Left forms bloc to become third-largest
The Left bloc would become the third largest force in the House with 24 MPs and will be able to claim more parliamentary committees and mor...
- Wage hikes for govt staffers may not need House okay
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a parliamentary committee's recommendation that the government should be empowered to periodically ...