Intergenerational mobility, the transmission of resources from one generation to the next, plays a crucial role in determining the standard of living of individuals across generations. In India, unequal distribution…
On Monday, Ministry of Labour and Employment, announced a revision in the rate of provident fund contribution. Now, employees and employers, have to pay 10% of their salaries to the…
The Ministry of Labour and Employment has recently conducted a meeting where it discussed and notified that lawyers, chartered accountants and architects as well as short-term contractual companies such as…
The central Board of Employees provident Fund Organisation(EPFO) has advised for a hike in the interest rate of Employees provident fund(EPF) to 8.65% for fiscal 2018-19, a notch higher then…
An Expert panel appointed by the Narnedra Modi government on has suggested for a increase in the minimum wage rate. The committee has pegged the national wage rate for farm…
Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP), Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY), and Deen Dayal Antodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM) are the three central schemes that have topped…
The Labour Ministry has recently drafted a social audit to check on whether the labourers enrolled under the worker welfare board are truly workers and to separate the non-workers from…
Prime Minister's Office has instructed the Ministry of Labour and Employment to extend the self-certification of a few labour laws for a period of five years, from three years.
