Bharat Bandh 2020: Banking services were hit, while some Congress and CPI leaders were taken into custody in Andhra Pradesh for participating in the protest

Rituparna Chakraborty, Co-Founder & Senior Vice-President of TeamLease, cautions that this change in notification mechanism does not necessarily mean lesser administrative hassle or follow through for employers

The Central Statistics Office had earlier reported that the share of MSME in the country's GDP in 2017/18 was at 29.7 per cent

The central government is in the process of implementing Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (OSH) Code, and Code on Wages

PM Mudra loans: The survey showed that a total of 11.2 million new jobs were created in 2015-18 due to the Mudra loans, out of which 55 per cent were self-employment. Women comprised 62 per cent of these jobs

After the decision, Rs 54,000 crore would be credited into accounts of 6 crore EPF account holders as interest under the newly approved rate for 2018-19

At present, the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation is settling PF withdrawal claims at a five-year low rate of 8.55 per cent, which was approved for 2017-18

The labour ministry has distributed a preliminary draft of Code on Social Security, 2019 which will amalgamate, streamline and rationalise the significant provisions of the current eight central labour laws and set up a central board of trustees to manage all three (provident fund, pension and insurance) schemes.

At present, the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) is settling PF withdrawal claims at a five-year low rate of 8.55 per cent, which was approved for 2017-18