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Govt plans financial aid for contractors to provide temporary homes to labourers at project sitesHousing Minister Manohar Lal Khattar announced plans to financially assist contractors for temporary labourer housing at project sites, fun...
12 years of PM Modi: Bold reforms, decisive decisions and political turning pointsAfter 12 years at the helm, Prime Minister Narendra Modi reflects on a transformative journey filled with key reforms that have altered Ind...
Delhi Chakka Jam live updates: Why drivers are on strike today in NCR; Check areas affected in Delhi, Noida, Gurugram, Ghaziabad and NCRDelhi Chakka Jam News: A three-day transport strike has started today across Delhi-NCR. Commercial vehicle drivers are protesting rising fu...
NMDC hikes iron ore prices by Rs 200 tonneState-owned NMDC has raised iron ore lump and fines prices by Rs 200 per tonne, effective immediately. Baila lump ore is now priced at Rs 5...
Delhi government to introduce smart cards, cess portal to benefit construction workersDelhi government is introducing chip-enabled smart cards for construction workers. This initiative will streamline registration and welfare...
12 lakh EPFO members withdraw Rs 3,360 cr retirement savings during lockdown: FMEarlier, on March 28, the EPFO allowed formal sector workers to withdraw a non-refundable advance from their retirement savings to deal wit...
Bring model scheme for construction workers in 6 months: Supreme CourtThe top court said that more than Rs 37,400 crore have been collected for the benefit of construction workers, but ostensibly only about Rs...
Construction welfare cess till Dec 2016 totals Rs 31,734 croreThe cess has been levied and is being collected at 1 per cent of the cost of construction as notified by the central government in the offi...
States collect Rs 31K crore construction cess, spend Rs 6.8K croreThe State Building and Other Construction Workers' Welfare Boards of the respective states have formulated welfare schemes to provide benef...
Centre questions Delhi govt's plan to build infra for workersCentre has received information that Rs 1,160 crore expenditure is provided for the Delhi government's plan to construct dedicated hostels,...
Real estate industry could utilize construction cess for skilling labour force: Labour secretary Shankar AggarwalHe was addressing the national convention of real estate industry body NAREDCO in New Delhi.
States collect Rs 27,000 crore construction cess; spend Rs 5,600 croreUnder the Building and Other Construction Workers' Welfare Cess Act 1996, realty developers are required to pay cess of 1 per cent of the t...
Rs 24,000 crore raised as building cess lying idle: SCThe Supreme Court on Friday slammed the Centre and states for doing nothing to improve the condition of poor construction workers.
States spend one-fifth of Rs 25,000-crore construction cess on welfareThe minister said that the responsibility of collecting cess and its utilisation for welfare of construction workers lies with the respecti...
States collected Rs 24K crore construction cess, spent Rs 4K croreStates collected Rs 24,014.51 crore as construction workers welfare cess till September 30, but spent only Rs 4,255.57 crore out of it, Par...
Skill India Mission: States will have to use construction cess pool to make workers skilledStates may no longer be able to dole out freebies to construction workers using large funds available under the construction cess pool.
Government plans to use Rs 20,000-crore cess pool for workers' welfareThe Labour Ministry has advanced consultation process with various state governments, because the cess is collected by them but was hardly ...
- SC upholds cess from builders for workers
Supreme Court has upheld the legality of the cess collected from the builders and contractors under the provisions of the Building and Othe...
- Andhra imposes cess on construction activities
The 1 per cent cess will be imposed to provide health insurance and to implement social security and welfare measures to this unorganised s...
- AP to levy cess on construction projects
Andhra Pradesh government will levy one per cent cess on all construction projects and utilise the proceeds for the welfare of construction...