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...
19 Oct, 2024, 11.33 AM IST
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...
18 May, 2020, 11.45 AM IST
Government budget to reimburse maternity leave pay: Labour MinistryThe ministry has estimated that about Rs 400 crore would be the financial implication for the Ministry of Labour and Employment to implemen...
16 Nov, 2018, 09.36 PM IST
Builders under "tremendous" stress: BAIConvention chairman Bhishma R Radhakrishnan said the meet will be themed around 'Building India' since it was close to Prime Minister Naren...
04 Jan, 2018, 09.07 PM IST
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.
22 Nov, 2017, 10.33 AM IST
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...
16 Mar, 2017, 03.24 PM IST
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...
20 Jul, 2016, 05.24 PM IST
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...
02 Mar, 2016, 07.21 AM IST
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...
24 Feb, 2016, 04.48 PM IST
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...
02 Dec, 2015, 10.06 PM IST
Enforce law for construction workers: Bandaru Dattatreya to StatesSACs advice states on matters related to administration of legislations that are referred to them.
05 Nov, 2015, 03.28 PM IST
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...
17 Jul, 2015, 03.27 PM IST
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 ...
05 Jun, 2015, 09.49 PM IST
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...
02 Apr, 2015, 01.31 PM IST
'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 ...
11 Nov, 2014, 12.49 PM IST
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
02 Jul, 2013, 11.03 AM IST
- Cess collected by state governments remains unutilised
The state governments have not even utilised 25% of the cess collected, meant for welfare of construction workers in the last six years, sa...
23 Feb, 2009, 04.14 PM IST