Quick commerce is transforming domestic help hiring in India. New apps offer on-demand house help, attracting investor attention. These pla...

Youth Congress protests at the AI Impact Summit drew criticism from INDIA bloc allies like the Samajwadi Party and RJD, as well as other op...

Russian "influence actors" have amplified stories about migrants entering the U.S. in an attempt to stoke discord, according to the Departm...

The move, which is likely to be challenged by govt and the Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), will impact thousands of expatriat...

HC's call will likely face resistance from the govt and the PF body because already a large number of expats have either contributed to or ...

Telangana is set to become the first state in India to implement a policy for integrating returning migrants into society. In collaboration...

In November last year, the Supreme Court had asked the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) to give four months to subscribers as ...

The policy is likely to allow domestic workers to register as unorganized workers, giving them access to rights and benefits.

The ministry plans to set up a central board/trust where employers will register household helps, who will be paid equally on the basis of ...

A way for the rest of us to empower these women, says Sreenivasa, is to treat them as human beings first. “Introduce a mindset change where...

The new policy will also promote the rights for them to organise and form their own unions/associations and affiliate with other unions/ass...

The minister said they were creating a national repository which can be used by foreign officials or employers to verify the credentials.

“Why RSS men themselves carry lathis when they and BJP leaders don’t hesitate to term RJD as ‘lathi mein tel pilawan party’?” she quipped.

To help such distressed Indian workers, she said, Indian missions often hold public grievance meetings to help them and try to retrieve suc...

The draft policy recommends minimum monthly wage for unskilled, semi-skilled, skilled and highly-skilled categories of the domestic workers.

Also, insurance companies both of public and private sector are participating in the scheme, the Minister said.

The panel has suggested that the government should use three-stage approach -- automatic exclusion, automatic inclusion and scoring index -...