2.3 million workers lost jobs during the first wave of the pandemic: GovtDuring the period, the number of male workers reduced from 21.7 million to 20.1 million while the female workers dropped from 9 million to ...
10 Feb, 2022, 07.35 PM IST
Atal Beemit Vyakti Kalyan Yojana's relaxed benefits extended for 6 more months“Now it has been decided to extend relaxation in eligibility conditions in the Atal Beemit Vyakti Kalyan Yojana for period January 01, 2021...
10 Feb, 2021, 01.33 PM IST
ESIC relaxes norms for availing health services in private hospitals in emergency casesESIC subscribers would be able to visit empanelled as well as non-empanelled private hospitals for emergency treatment.
07 Dec, 2020, 11.10 PM IST
Centre proposes to run all new hospitals planned by ESIC instead of handing them to statesThe Centre is proposing to run all new hospitals planned by the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation instead of handing them to state gov...
07 Dec, 2020, 07.09 AM IST
Government eases claim criteria under unemployment schemeHowever, if the documents are not uploaded at the time of online filing of the claim, the claimant will submit the printout of the claim du...
08 Nov, 2020, 04.05 PM IST
Covid layoff: Workers unable to get unemployment allowance under ESIC's 'Atal Bimit Vyakti Kalyan Yojana'With the Covid-19 outbreak, the Centre promised an unemployment allowance under the Atal Bimit Vyakti Kalyan Yojana, a scheme run by the ES...
07 Oct, 2020, 12.08 AM IST
ESIC members can file claims to get unemployment benefit under ABKY: Labour ministryThe claims to get the relief can be made online along with submission of the physical claim with an affidavit, photocopy of Aadhaar card an...
17 Sep, 2020, 08.54 PM IST
Labour ministry paves way for 50% unemployment benefit to ESIC subscribersBesides, the scheme has been extended for a year from July 1, 2020 and would now be effective till June 30,2021. However, original provisio...
12 Sep, 2020, 02.18 PM IST
ESIC to settle claims for unemployment benefit within 15 days, says Santosh Gangwar"Claims under the ESI Scheme for job loss benefit will be settled in 15 days. The relaxation in the Scheme will give relief to those ESI su...
21 Aug, 2020, 09.23 PM IST
Centre eases norms to offer 50% of pay for three months as unemployment allowanceThe Centre on Thursday eased norms to offer 50% of salary for three months as unemployment allowance to lakhs of workers who are members of...
21 Aug, 2020, 11.31 AM IST
Covid lockdown: Can’t pay salaries, say labour-intensive sectors“While we agree with the government that wages should be given, the minimum wage of Rs 8,000-9,000 per worker will be tough to sustain as w...
23 Apr, 2020, 07.09 AM IST
Garment exporters' body expresses inability to pay workers' pay for April, MayThe body has appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and state chief ministers to facilitate payement of wages to workers for these two mo...
22 Apr, 2020, 04.37 PM IST
Apparel exporters urges government to pay workers' wages for April-May to survive pandemic"We humbly wish to inform that we are not in a position to pay wages for the months of April and May despite our best intention, as there i...
20 Apr, 2020, 06.19 PM IST
Modi government seen going full throttle on labour reforms in 2019Labour ministry is already in the process of seeking Union Cabinet's approval on the amended wage code bill.
30 Dec, 2018, 01.53 PM IST
ESIC filling 5,000 vacancies, says Santosh GangwarESIC's recruitment process is underway "in which around 5,000 vacancies for different posts are being filled", Gangwar said at a function t...
28 Dec, 2018, 07.53 PM IST
PM Narendra Modi asks for Cabinet inputs to better rural lifeIt's learnt that the Prime Minister has asked some of the key Cabinet ministers to give their inputs to improve life and economic activitie...
07 Nov, 2015, 12.44 PM IST
Kiren Rijiju to launch three social security schemesRijiju would be launching the Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojna, Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojna and Atal Pension Yojana, as PM Mod...
08 May, 2015, 12.52 PM IST