The total tally of new subscribers with Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) increased to 1.34 crore since September 2017.

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Interest rate on small saving scheme has been linked to market and government takes a call on these interest rates every quarter.

The EPFO also revised upward the number of new enrolments from September 2017 to June 2018 to 52.30 lakh from 47.13 lakh estimated earlier last month.

Interest rates on government securities have been rising for quite some time but the government did not hike the interest rates in last quarter which started from June.

The government on Thursday hiked interest rates on small savings schemes, including National Savings Certificate (NSC) and Public Provident Fund (PPF), by up to 0.4 per cent for the October-December quarter.

The employees of the central bank are demanding an option for contributory provident fund retainers to switch over to pension scheme, and grant of additional provident fund to those recruited in the bank from 2012.

The employees of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will go on a two-day mass leave on September 4 and 5.

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According to the latest data uploaded on Monday, the new members enrolment in June is the highest so far in the last 10 month at 7,93,308.

PM Modi argued that when investment in infrastructure projects like, making roads, laying down rail lines, setting up power generation is at all-time high, how come the jobs will not be created.

Before making any investment decision, one should always know the time frame of investing, which means whether the investment is for long term, medium term or for any short term financial goals, and an ideal risk taking ability.

Green shoots emerge for residential real estate, but it isn't out of the woods.

ASK Wealth Advisors tries to estimate jobs using a completely new methodology -- the Sit-Stand-Go model, which relies on proxies (and some surveys) to come up with the number of about 5 million non-farm jobs being created annually in India.

At present, the social security contribution is fixed at 24 per cent ( 12 per cent employee contribution and 12 per cent employer contribution) of an employee's basic salary. 

If things go to plan, the options available to EPFO members will similarly include government securities, debt instruments, equity investments, money markets and infrastructure investment trusts.

The data suggests that more than 44 lakh new jobs were added between September 2017 and May 2018 and as many as 7.43 lakh new payrolls were generated in the month of May itself.

The IPO carries price band of Rs 1,095 to 1,100 per share. The issue size comprises 2.5 crore equity shares which includes 8,59,2,970 (4.08 per cent stake) equity shares by HDFC Ltd and 16,864,585 (7.95 per cent stake) equity shares by Standard Life Investments.

According to the data released on June 20, May 2018 saw maximum enrolment of new workers in last eight months at 7,43,608. While 2,51,526 of them belonged to the age bracket of 18 to 21, the 22 to 25 years age group followed with 1,90,090 new jobs that month.

In spite of costly personal loans and zero equity exposure, the Sharma family is ready to get in the groove, says Financial Planner Pankaaj Maalde.