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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 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...
- Karnataka announces cess on transactions conducted through aggregator platforms to support gig workersAddressing a press conference, Karnataka Labour Minister Santosh Lad said, "The Labour Department of Karnataka has decided to impose cess o...
- Govt may use BOCW funds to push pension schemeA senior government official told ET that the labour ministry is contemplating using funds collected under the Building and Other Construct...
- Parliamentary panel suggests welfare fund, national database for migrant workersThe standing committee has made some important observations and suggestions regarding the unorganised sector- a segment that has suffered b...
- States failed to use Rs 6,700 crore labour fund: CAGET’s enquiries have revealed that two dozen states had Rs 6,707 crore of unspent money as on March 31, 2019, from a cess collected from emp...
- 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...
- Government fast tracks plan to provide social security for gig workersThe government has held several rounds of discussions since the second week of March with existing social security providers, like the Empl...
- Cheap bus passes await garment, building workersThe proposal, which is in the final stages of approval, has not gone down well with a labour union.
- Budget 2017 may levy new cess to provide social security to coolies"There is a proposal from the Labour Ministry to levy a cess of 10 paisa per railway ticket to cover 20,000 railway coolies under the ambit...
- 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,...
- Budget 2016: Labour ministry to remove four leviesThe labour ministry has identified four of the six cesses levied to promote workers’ welfare it will axe as part of FM's announcement durin...
- APBOCWWB got Rs 61.23 crore in last eight years: Arunachal Pradesh CM Nabam TukiTuki said the Board decided to provide laptops to the meritorious students of the labour community and accordingly procured laptops worth o...
- 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 ...
- HC asks Maharashtra government not to divert labour cessCourt urges state to use funds for welfare of construction workers only; of Rs.2,500 cr collected as cess over 6 yrs, just 6% has been disb...
- 'State collects Rs 2,500 crore for workers, but fails to use it'The department collected the funds under the Building and Other Construction Workers’ Welfare Cess Act of 1996, a central legislation that ...
- Builders body flays govt for doing little on skill enhancementUnder the Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Cess Act, govt collects 1% of the construction cost
- Cess collected by state governments remains unutilisedThe state governments have not even utilised 25% of the cess collected, meant for welfare of construction workers in the last six years, sa...
- Cabinet returns Bill on unorganised sectorIt could be back to the drawing board for the labour ministry on the Unorganised Sector Bill, particularly with reference to the social sec...
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