The government gives guaranteed return to private companies in its business dealings and considers their profit-motive good and desirable. Why the same doesn't hold true for farmers?

Around 38.50 million new subscribers joined the EPF scheme during September 2017 to November 2020, with around 45 million subscribing to the ESI scheme and over 2 million contributing towards national pension scheme, shows NSO data

Point to point rate of inflation based on the CPI-AL and CPI-RL decreased to 3.25 per cent and 3.34 per cent in December 2020, a labour ministry statement said

The industry wants the Standing Committee on Labour to recommend removing anti-dumping duty and also slotting the entire MMF value chain under 5 per cent GST rate, among other things

First advance estimates of national income highlight three key imperatives to revive growth: generate demand and investment cycles by directly spending more and reverse import substitution

It is an unending saga of gross negligence despite the services sector being the main driver of India's growth story; contributes the most to GDP and is arguably the largest employer too

The two vaccines - Covishield and Covaxin - have received regulatory approval after extensive studies. The Covishield  vaccine has already been rolled out in the UK

It will be difficult to achieve Prime Minister Narendra Modi's dream of making India a  $5 trillion economy if the steel and cement prices keep going up, Gadkari said

According to a note issued by Niti Aayog after the meeting, all the attendants agreed that high frequency indicators are showing signs of a strong economic recovery, and that too earlier than expected

These organisations face multiple challenges ranging from low capital base, poor credit facility, lack of business know-how and skilled manpower but with government handholding they have the potential to change the fortunes of small and marginal farmers

Keeping in view the needs of the services sector, a separate model standing orders for the services sector has been prepared the first time, the statement said

The official also informed that EPFO has already begun depositing interest amounts into members' bank accounts at the direction of Labour Ministry

India and Australia can combine complementary skills and expertise to develop new innovations by leveraging Australian expertise with Indian expertise including in data analytics, biotech, and mobile applications

As per the finance ministry, more than 170 invitees representing 9 stakeholder groups participated in 15 Pre-Budget consultation meetings scheduled between December 14 to 23

The net payroll additions, however, have registered a slight dip in October compared to 14.19 lakh in September this year, according to a statement by the Labour Ministry

Gangwar while speaking at the Assocham Foundation Week programme, said EPFO has settled 52 lakh COVID-19 withdrawal claims and disbursed Rs 13,300 crore to subscribers during the pandemic

Government's labour department  has dispatched a team to look at non-payment of wages; Apple says it has launched  detailed investigation at Wistron's facility in India

Landless, marginal, and small farmers together constitute 93.7% of the total agricultural workforce in India. Can sustainable agricultural growth and farmers' well-being be achieved without land reforms?

The EPFO has decided to uphold its decision to provide the said rate of interest during a virtual CBT meeting held in September.

Currently, most employers have a wage structure in which the basic salary ranges from 25% to 40% of the CTC of the employee, and this forms the basis for both provident fund and gratuity contributions