Government may push wage code bill in monsoon sessionThe Code would ensure universal minimum wage for all industries and workers. It will also cover those workers who are getting monthly pay o...
18 Jun, 2017, 12.20 PM IST
Labour reforms will create quality jobs: Bandaru Dattatreya"Labour reforms are on the agenda. Group of ministers has cleared the wage code. This will now go to the Cabinet and will come up in the ne...
30 May, 2017, 01.41 AM IST
EPFO: CBT rejects proposal to reduce PF contribution to 10%In the meeting, CBT approved hike in investment limit in exchange traded funds (ETFs) from the present 10 per cent to 15 per cent, Dattatre...
27 May, 2017, 09.45 PM IST
Deadline extended for companies to get registered with EPFOThe move by the Ministry comes in the backdrop of its top priorities which include job security, wage security and social security to the e...
12 Jan, 2017, 12.13 PM IST
Changes proposed in air travel rules, covers refunds, excess baggage and moreCivil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju said the measures followed complaints from passengers that issues concerning them are not gett...
11 Jun, 2016, 08.04 PM IST
Domestic passenger traffic to cross 100 million by year-end: DGCAEarlier this year, Sydney-based aviation think-tank Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation (CAPA) had in its forecast said that India will have o...
22 May, 2016, 04.06 PM IST
Need to discuss with airlines on capping airfares: DGCADGCA is expected to release the air traffic data for the month of April along with the highest ticket bucket fare details, to look into the...
20 May, 2016, 03.29 AM IST
DGCA chief M Sathiyavathy says India avoiding catastrophe because of secure practicesHowever, Sathiyavathy, the Director General at DGCA, emphasised the need for utilisation of airspace citing the fast speed of growth in avi...
19 May, 2016, 04.03 PM IST
`Leopards, pythons take a walk at Jabalpur airport'The reason: “They were told that even leopards and pythons stray there sometimes. So going there could be dangerous,“ said a highly placed ...
15 Dec, 2015, 12.34 PM IST
18 senior IAS officers promoted to Secretary, Special Secretary level18 senior IAS officers have been promoted to the level of Secretary, and some to Special Secretary, by temporarily upgrading the posts held...
08 Sep, 2015, 07.30 PM IST
DGCA head outwits Vistara chief Phee Teik Yeoh over hair loss remarksIt all began when Vistara CEO Phee Teik Yeoh indicated that the domestic aviation sector is over regulated at an aviation conference.
14 Jul, 2015, 10.48 PM IST
India's aviation industry not mature: DGCAThe Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) chief M Sathiyavathy said the regulator would also play the role of facilitator.
14 Jul, 2015, 06.57 PM IST
Ram Charan's Turbo Megha Airways gets flying licenceHyderabad-based Turbo Megha Airways today became the fourth company to receive flying licence from aviation regulator DGCA in the past two ...
07 Jul, 2015, 10.56 PM IST
Airlines not to charge domestic flyers for check-in baggage upto 15 kg: DGCAAirlines will not be allowed to charge domestic flyers for check-in baggage weighing up to 15 kg. The DGCA is going to issue an order sayin...
07 Jul, 2015, 10.12 AM IST
DGCA steps in to curb high airline ticket cancellation chargesThe DGCA on Thursday asked airlines to submit their entire data on the steep increase in airline ticket cancellation charges by Monday.
20 Jun, 2015, 11.01 AM IST
Flying safety aspects being compromised: DGCADGCA today said it has come across instances where safety aspects were compromised.
24 Apr, 2015, 02.25 PM IST
M Sathiyavathy is new Director General of Civil AviationOfficials said the development came after the DGCA’s tiff with the ministry on allowing self-certification of airlines, pilots and other st...
01 Jan, 2015, 04.00 AM IST