Gig workers to get pension benefits as part of the social securityThe ministry of labour and employment will soon introduce a policy to offer pension benefits to gig workers through the Employees' Providen...
06 Feb, 2025, 03.34 PM IST
Health insurance for gig workers is 'worthy' move: Swiggy on Union BudgetWhile presenting the Union Budget 2025-26 in Parliament, Sitharaman announced that the government would arrange identity cards and facilita...
01 Feb, 2025, 03.49 PM IST
Budget 2025: Govt to provide health cover to gig workers under PM Jan Aarogya YojanaThe Union Budget 2025-26, presented by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, includes health coverage for gig workers under the PM Jan Aarog...
01 Feb, 2025, 02.06 PM IST
Budget 2025: 1 crore gig workers to get identity cards and healthcareFinance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced identity cards and registration on the e-Shram portal for nearly one crore gig workers, recog...
01 Feb, 2025, 01.37 PM IST
Social security net to be spread wider for unorganised workersThe labour and employment ministry will introduce multiple measures in 2024 to enhance social security for over 380 million unorganised wor...
05 Jan, 2025, 11.18 PM IST
Govt to consider social security option under existing schemes for gig, platform workersLabour and employment secretary Sumita Dawra urges careful analysis of government insurance and pension schemes for gig and platform worker...
30 Dec, 2024, 10.56 PM IST
Gujarat PM-JAY Fraud: How Khyati Hospital used health camps to convince patients, including a teen, to unnecessary angioplastyKhyati Hospital in Ahmedabad performed unnecessary angioplasties on patients for monetary gains under PM-JAY. An investigation revealed the...
29 Nov, 2024, 03.49 PM IST
Road ministry launches a pilot project in Chandigarh to provide cashless treatment to road accident victimsThe Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has launched a pilot program to provide cashless treatment to victims of road accidents...
28 Mar, 2024, 03.03 PM IST
Unorganised workers to be urged to enlist on E-Shram portal for social security planThe portal, launched in August 2021, has 294.5 million unorganised workers registered as on date with average daily enrolments of 20,000. T...
13 Mar, 2024, 12.40 AM IST
The ten big policy plays: Key economic initiatives India has seen under Modi from 2014 to 2024Over the last decade, India has witnessed significant economic initiatives like the Goods and Services Tax, bankruptcy code, and PM-Kisan. ...
02 Feb, 2024, 01.39 PM IST
States to be roped in to widen e-Shram coverSources in the labour ministry said deliberations will also be held on the Vision 2047 for India’s estimated workforce of 450 million at th...
24 Aug, 2022, 12.05 AM IST
Assam lockdown: Government announces relaxation in nine districtsThe ASDMA has issued revised guidelines and Curfew timing is relaxed from 1pm to 2pm in Kamrup Metropolitan District considering the decrea...
17 Jun, 2021, 09.41 AM IST
States and UTs need to pay more attention to the Ayushman Bharat scheme: PM ModiPM Modi had on December 30 reviewed the scheme, under which a Rs 5 lakh free medical insurance cover is offered to the poor.
08 Jan, 2021, 10.54 PM IST
Covid-19 treatment to be covered under Ayushman BharatAn Ayushman Bharat beneficiary would be able to get himself tested for Covid-19 in any empanelled private hospital free of cost as per the ...
24 Mar, 2020, 09.02 AM IST
Ayushman Bharat to push for 1.5 lakh additional beds, says CEOEfforts will be focussed on bringing in the remaining states to the PM-JAY family.
13 Sep, 2019, 08.03 AM IST
Postage stamp to celebrate Ayushman Bharat's Ist anniversaryA revamp of medical packages, improved patient care, brainstorming two-day convention with state health ministers to chart out the course a...
10 Sep, 2019, 07.50 AM IST
PM Modi invokes Ambedkar, Deendayal at Ayushman launchNot all states and union territories had opted for the scheme till the launch day, with Odisha, Telangana, Punjab, Karnataka and Delhi stay...
24 Sep, 2018, 12.39 PM IST