Union Budget 2021: Last year, the government had announced a slew of other measures for salaried class when the coronavirus outbreak began in the country. For instance, the Centre decided to pay 24 per cent to EPF account of employees till August 2020 for establishments with up to 100 employees

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An expert committee of the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) sought additional safety and efficacy data for COVID-19 vaccine candidates of Bharat Biotech after deliberating upon its applications seeking emergency use authorisation for the shots

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

Presently, a pensioner can submit JPP anytime during the year up to 30th November, which is valid for a period of one year from the date of issue. All such pensioners can submit life certificates till February 28, 2021

With this, most of industrial, banking activities and road movements will be hampered. A joint platform of ten central unions says all preparations have been done as more than 25 crore workers are expected to participate in strike 

An article was published in a section of (media) on November 18, 2020 under the caption 'EPFO subscribers, firms down in Oct'. In this regard, EPFO has categorically clarified that the information contained in the article is incorrect, a labour ministry statement said

Somehow, we have not shaken off our societal stigma of \"debt\" as a practice and we are caught up in the dilemma if we want to use debt as a leverage for growth - both for individuals or governmental spending

Part II of this two-part article looks at more data on the growth of temporary or informal workers in India and how it poses a serious threat not just to the wellbeing of millions of its workers but to the growth prospects of the economy in the long run

The allotment for the shares is expected to be known by October 7/ October 8. Those who had bid for the issue can check the subscription status on the online portal of KFin Technologies, the registrar to the issue

The objective of the offer is to achieve the benefits of listing the equity shares on the stock exchanges. Being an OFS, the net proceeds from the share sale of UTI AMC will go to existing shareholders SBI, LIC, BoB

The EPFO has decided to provide 8.15 per cent interest on EPF right away and the remaining 0.35 per cent rate would be credited into the subscribers' account by the end of this year, after proposed liquidation of ETFs

This include personal income tax (PIT) refunds amounting to Rs 30,768 crore issued to 25.83 lakh taxpayers and corporate tax refunds amounting to Rs 70,540 crore issued to over 1.71 lakh taxpayers during this period

The 2020 Forbes list of 400 Richest People in America has been topped by Bezos, 56 who has a net worth of USD 179 billion and has occupied the spot of the richest person in the US for the third year in a row

The coal behemoth said that 18 mining projects with a total rated capacity of 132.04 million tonnes per annum and a total investment of Rs 21,244.55 crores were approved by the board of CIL and its arms during 2019-20

The scheme is aimed at achieving the government's objective of 'Housing for All'. Despite the COVID-19 induced lockdown, IIFL Home Finance has continued business at a brisk pace and is back to normal as earlier, a company release said

Sebi had initiated investigation into trading of shares of GSL after receiving reference from the Income Tax Department. It was found that Global Securities Ltd (GSL) had in October 2010 come out with preferential allotment which turned out to be a sham

The registration process for the recruitment of PNB Specialist Officers at these post has already begun. The last date for registration is September 29

The government on Thursday relaxed eligibility criteria to offer half of three months salary as unemployment benefit to the industrial workers hit by job loss due to the coronavirus crisis between March 24 and December 31

State Bank of India share gained 2.61% to the intraday high of Rs 200.2 on BSE against the earlier close of Rs 195.10