Members of the transport union, protest at Jantar Mantar regarding the new laws related to hit and run, in New Delhi on January 03, 2024. | Photo Credit: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap Transport unions threaten to intensify protests The All India Road Transport Workers’ Federation, a platform of various trade unionsRead More →
Following a $100 billion rout in Adani Group stocks in the wake of the US-based short seller Hindenburg’s explosive report, several large investors are reducing their exposures to the Adani Group. But retirement fund body EPFO has continued to invest in two Adani Group companies – Adani Enterprises and AdaniRead More →
A J&K policeman conducts a search operation after at least four people were gunned down by militants in Dhangri area of Rajouri, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI Militants shoot dead 3 civilians in Rajouri At least two civilians were killed and four others injured in a firingRead More →
India’s biggest pension fund, with more than 15 trillion rupees ($182 billion) in assets, has resumed investing in rupee bonds issued by top-rated private firms as surging inflows pushes it to look for newer avenues to deploy cash, a top official said. “Whenever there is a potential for higher returnsRead More →
The Opposition reacted sharply. In a tweet in Hindi on June 4, Rahul Gandhi said: “Keeping the address of the house as ‘Lok Kalyan Marg’ does not bring welfare to the people. The Prime Minister has implemented the model of ‘Increase inflation, decrease earnings’ to ruin the present and futureRead More →
Defence procurement under the UPA-led government was nil for 10 years, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Monday during a debate in the Rajya Sabha on supplementary spending for the current fiscal. “For people, who are worried about the basic essentials for Defence, for soldiers, for their guns, forRead More →
Retirement fund body EPFO is mulling a new pension product for organised sector workers who are getting basic wages of more than Rs 15,000 per month and are not mandatorily covered under its Employees’ Pension Scheme 1995 (EPS-95). At present, all those employees in the organised sector whose basic wageRead More →
EPFO’s apex decision-making body Central Board of Trustee will take a call on interest rate on employees’ provident fund deposits for 2021-22 in its meeting next month. “The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) CBT meeting will be held in Guwahati in March where proposal for interest rate for 2021-22 wouldRead More →
AMID A raging debate on unemployment and war of words between the opposition parties and the government, a BJP MP on Thursday told Rajya Sabha that industrialists like Ambani and Adani should be “worshipped” as they are creating jobs. The opposition, on the other hand, accused the government of talkingRead More →
