India needs strong wage policies to promote inclusive growth: International Labour Organisation
Only a limited number of regular/salaried workers, mostly in the urban areas, and the highly-skilled professionals earned higher average wages.
Yogima Seth Sharma
Government ropes in PSUs to undertake skilling
NSDC has received financial commitments of Rs 163 crore for training more than one lakh beneficiaries.
Minimum wages, health benefits for all media & entertainment industry workers soon
Labour ministry is working on a new legislation that will supersede the Cine-Workers and the Cinema Theatre Workers (Regulation of Employment) Act of 1981.
Niti Aayog may test-drive plan to run petrol cars on 15% methanol
The proposed move will also help the government to substantially cut down its oil import bill.
PF subscribers may get choice of investments for higher returns
The move has been triggered by falling returns on government securities and debt instruments over the last few years compared with higher returns on equity investments.
Trade unions boycott labour ministry’s tripartite consultation process
The central trade unions, in the letter, have accused labour ministry of ignoring all suggestions in the past and going ahead with the proposed bills in Parliament.
Government looks to sell viable infrastructure projects
A proposal is being worked out to monetise commercially viable assets operated and held by state-owned companies such as NTPC and Steel Authority of India Ltd.
Central government staff set to get yet another dearness allowance hike
Govt is set to modify index and base year to calculate DA. It will benefit 11 million govt employees.
Niti Aayog's oversight panel in the works to fast-track closure of sick CPSEs
These measures are part of the revised guidelines on closure of sick and loss-making CPSEs, said a senior official, who did not wish to be identified.
NITI Aayog identifies five sectors that can adopt Artificial Intelligence
In its discussion paper on national strategy for artificial intelligence (AI) released on Monday, the Aayog has proposed a two-tier structure to address research in India.
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