Blast the past: Tata Steel hires women in minesTata Steel has recruited 10 female officers for mining, mechanical, mineral processing at Noamundi mines.
02 Sep, 2019, 09.33 PM IST
Legislation to safeguard unorganised sector workers to be placed in Parliament: Santosh Kumar GangwarGangwar, who is the union minister of state for labour and employment, said that the Narendra Modi government at the Centre is trying to ma...
10 Jan, 2018, 05.51 PM IST
Amend law to ensure equal wage, work hours for contract workerThe Committee recommend that the government should finalise all the deliberations relating to amendment of the Contract Labour (Regulation ...
09 Dec, 2016, 06.51 PM IST
Employers can file unified EPF, ESI returns from tomorrowTaking another step towards ease of doing business, the Centre will launch tomorrow a common registration facility on e-biz portal which wi...
08 Mar, 2016, 09.59 PM IST
Coal India hopes to replace 20,000 female workers, with their sons through VRSThe scheme would be open until May 15 and all unskilled woman employees with at least 10 yrs of experience in CIL, and aged less than 58, w...
25 Dec, 2015, 08.49 PM IST
Government considering amendment to various labour laws including Child Labour ActGovt said it was actively considering amendments to various labour laws including Child Labour Act, Factories Act & Minimum Wages Act, said...
26 Nov, 2014, 05.07 PM IST
Coal India relaxes norms for Voluntary Retirement Scheme for womenIt will allow the sons to be posted at locations nearest to their homes instead of being employed at CIL's exploration and consultancy arm.
18 Sep, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
Government plans to bring multiple important bills in Parliament, seeks to change laws in critical sectorsThe government hopes to amend the Prevention of Corruption Act and the Insurance Act in this session that ends on August 12.
19 Jul, 2014, 05.13 AM IST
- Odisha may close mines operation unless payment of stamp duty
Odisha today instructed all district collectors not to allow operation of mines under deemed extension provision if they fail to deposit re...
04 Jul, 2013, 06.07 PM IST
- Mines Act referred to GoM amid differences
A clause in the Mining Act to make certain top officials of a mine responsible in case of an accident today divided the Union Cabinet.
09 May, 2013, 10.52 PM IST
- Parliamentary panel for parameters to define criteria of minimum wages
A Parliamentary panel on Labour and Employment has recommended framing of parameters to define the criteria of fixing of minimum wages.
29 Apr, 2013, 10.39 PM IST
- Odisha to renew mining lease of companies
In a bid to help local industries facing raw material problems, the Odisha government has resolved to renew mining lease of companies which...
04 Oct, 2012, 08.48 PM IST
- Govt mulling PF interest rate hike
Minister for Labour and Employment Kharge today said the govt was looking at further hiking the interest rate on Provident Fund from the pr...
16 May, 2011, 07.38 PM IST
- Panel reworks Factories Act in a step towards labour reforms
Prime minister Manmohan Singh has set up an expert panel to rework the archaic Factories Act of 1948, giving a big push to labour reforms t...
21 Jan, 2011, 11.11 PM IST
- Mines Act to be amended for welfare of miners
In an effort to improve working conditions of people employed in mining activities, the government proposes to amend the Mines Act, which w...
30 Dec, 2010, 09.50 PM IST
- Govt may consider amendments in Mines Act tomorrow
'The Union Cabinet would conduct a comprehensive review the Mines Act 1952 for ensuring greater safety, health and welfare related affairs ...
29 Dec, 2010, 11.12 PM IST
- Govt postpones bidding date for 57 oil & gas blocks
The government has again postponed the last date for bidding for 57 oil and gas blocks on offer under the seventh round of New Exploration ...
06 May, 2008, 07.50 PM IST