Centre to fast-track enrolment of unorganised workers on e-ShramThe Center is expediting the enrollment of unorganized sector workers on the e-Shram portal, which provides a universal account number (UAN...
28 Mar, 2024, 12.24 AM IST
Tracing the many benefits (and busting a few myths) of toddy-tapping of coconut palmsTapping coconut trees for their sap, also known as toddy-tapping, is often seen as damaging to coconut yields. However, some farmers sugges...
21 May, 2023, 09.39 AM IST
‘Kannur style’ fame K Sudhakaran announces his appointment as Kerala Congress chiefHailing from CPM den Kannur, which he represents in the LS, Sudhakaran has a record of proudly matching the ‘aggressive’, often ‘strongarm’...
09 Jun, 2021, 07.50 AM IST
How the crypto legacy started: A mint-fresh tale of trade and the original dogecoinThe ducats minted by Venice from the 12th to the 19th centuries have a particular link with Kerala.
30 May, 2021, 10.49 AM IST
Telangana government proposes to waive farm loans up to Rs 1 lakhTelangana CM noted that his party, the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), had promised the loan waiver before the December 7, 2018 assembly e...
22 Feb, 2019, 03.07 PM IST
Sway with the palm tops by the bucolic backwaters of KeralaKerala’s backwaters — a cluster of brackish lagoons lying parallel to the Arabian Sea — have been extolled endlessly.
12 Mar, 2017, 01.23 AM IST
Nitish Kumar government excludes toddy from the list of banned intoxicants in BiharSources said the government took the decision under pressure from RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, who put his foot down on a toddy ban during ...
31 Jul, 2016, 11.18 AM IST
CPI(M) strongman Pinarayi Vijayan, a taskmasterVijayan, 72, is perhaps the only party leader in Kerala in recent years to have had a complete control over the party for 16 years till he ...
25 May, 2016, 04.57 PM IST
Pinarayi Vijayan - Not a Marxist theoretician, but a practical politicianAs the CM, Vijayan's first task would be to repair the scruffy image through reassuring conduct, both as administrator and leader of the st...
21 May, 2016, 03.28 AM IST
Bihar polls: Huge crowd at PM Narendra Modi's rallies in Samastipur, Begusarai7 rallies in 3 months starting July 25, and the crowds are still growing. PM Modi's four rallies Thursday saw mammoth crowds police at time...
09 Oct, 2015, 11.38 AM IST
Andhra Pradesh to distribute pensions under NTR Bharosa scheme from January 5"A sum of Rs 577 cr has been released for pensions to 40,52,357 old age, widow, physically-challenged, toddy tappers & weavers," AP Ministe...
03 Jan, 2015, 09.25 PM IST
Over 24 lakh people to benefit from Telangana government's Aasara Pension Scheme"Government officers have taken up thorough verification of eligible persons for sanction of Aasara pensions under different categories."
19 Nov, 2014, 03.59 PM IST
- Kerala to start project 'Neera'
The toddy tappers in the state, numbering around 30,000, had earlier expressed concern at the move expressing the fear that their livelihoo...
17 Jul, 2013, 01.22 PM IST
- Government approves National Social Security Fund
The Government today approved the constitution and operation of the National Social Security Fund for unorganised sector workers with an in...
28 Jul, 2011, 05.20 PM IST
- India's RSBY scheme evokes keen interest overseas
RSBY,launched in 2007,envisages providing health insurance cover to BPL workers in unorganised sector and their families.
01 Jul, 2011, 03.38 PM IST
- Social security schemes set to get off the ground faster
The labour ministry plans to create a faster mechanism to clear social security schemes financed through the national social security fund ...
03 Nov, 2010, 06.28 AM IST
- Unorganised workers' Bill may be further delayed
The much-awaited legislation for the welfare of millions of unorganised sector workers appears to be heading for further delay with the Uni...
12 Feb, 2007, 04.04 AM IST