When Digital India meets a dead endA man's desperate act to claim his sister's money highlights a stark reality. India's digital progress leaves many behind. Marginalized cit...
Workers should receive minimum wage of Rs 800, says Naveen Patnaik; slams BJP over welfare "neglect"Naveen Patnaik, BJD leader, celebrated International Labour Day. He demanded a minimum wage hike to Rs 800. Patnaik stated the BJP governme...
What Noida's factory protests mean for India's wage debateFactory workers' protests in Noida have reignited India's minimum wage debate. Rising inflation erodes real wages, impacting workers' purch...
Anand Mahindra says whenever he will feel low in life he will look up to Odisha's Payal Nag for inspiration. She lost her four limbs at age 8, yet became archery championOdisha's Payal Nag, who lost all four limbs at eight after an electrocution, has achieved remarkable success in para archery. Discovered th...
A town divided: Inside Perumbavoor’s migrant flashpoint, where drugs, fear and politics collideA signboard in Perumbavoor, Kerala, warns against drug peddling and prostitution, highlighting tensions between local residents and migrant...
Pending MGNREGS dues to states Rs 9,300 crore in FY26: Govt to Rajya SabhaAccording to the data tabled in the House, Uttar Pradesh had the highest pending liabilities at Rs 1,158.71 crore, followed by Andhra Prade...
Labour ministry exempts Vedanta Coal block in Odisha from certain provisions of Contract Labour Act for three yearsIn a notification dated April 29, the ministry of labour and employment said this exemption has been given by the Centre in exercise of the...
India Inc wage bill swells up to 25% as many states hike minimum paySeveral states in India have increased minimum wages for workers by up to 38% in the past year, resulting in a significant rise in wage bil...
Odisha hikes minimum wages for workersWhile the minimum wage for unskilled workers has been increased from Rs 352 to Rs 450, it has been hiked from Rs 392 to Rs 500 for semi-ski...
Dharmendra Pradhan flags Nalco contract labourers not getting recommended wagesNalco has also applied for the exemption, which is granted after due consideration by the Central Advisory Contract Labour Board (CACLB), s...
Labour reforms make steady progress; at least 17 states pre-publish draft rules on 4 codes: Economic SurveyIn 2019 and 2020, 29 central labour laws were amalgamated, rationalised and simplified into four labour codes, viz., the Code on Wages, 201...
New MGNREGA wages leave states in a quandaryThe revised MGNREGA wages have left various state governments in a quandary as they apprehend the new rates would not be able to attract la...
CM Naveen Patnaik shoots off letter to PM on MGNRES funding"To reduce the suffering of farmers, adequate fund flow under MGNRES may be ensured by the Centre to the state government," Patnaik said in...
MGNREGS wages through mobile phones scheme launchedA programme for payment of MGNREGS wages through mobile phones was launched at Rampa gram panchayat in Odisha's Ganjam district.
MGNREGS labourers complain of non-receipt of wagesThe labourers from Podai Khodra, Joba, Bagkhodra and Golariguda villages under Boipariguda block's Kathpada panchayat constructed an 8 km r...
- CPM favours hike in labourers' minimum monthly wage to Rs 10K
CPI(M), which has fielded candidates in one Lok Sabha seat and 12 Assembly segments this time, became the first political party in Odisha t...
- E-payment facility for NREGA beneficiaries in Odisha unveiled
The Reserve Bank today launched the facility to make payments to the beneficiaries of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Ac...