ESIC relaxes conditions for women to avail sickness benefit, to set up more hospitals
ESIC also approved construction of a 350-bed hospital with an additional 50-bed super-specialty wing at Sheelanagar in Vishakhapatnam.
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ESIC s 184th meeting was held under the chairmanship of Minister of State for Labour and Employment Santosh Kumar Gangwar.
The Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) on Monday took steps such as relaxation in conditions for insured women to avail sickness benefit and decision to establish more hospitals to improve its service delivery mechanism.
The decisions were taken during ESIC s 184th meeting held under the chairmanship of Minister of State for Labour and Employment Santosh Kumar Gangwar, the ministry said in a release.
The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO)—the retirement fund body—declared an interest rate of 8.5 per cent for FY20, and 8.65 per cent in FY19.
The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation’s (EPFO) Central Board of Trustees was scheduled to meet in Srinagar on March 4, according to an invitation sent to Board members by the EPFO on Monday. The
Parliament proceedings | 2,437 child labourers rescued during pandemic
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114 FIRs registered under Child and Adolescent Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act
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114 FIRs registered under Child and Adolescent Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act
A total of 2,437 child or adolescent labourers were rescued during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to data provided by the Labour Ministry to the Lok Sabha on Monday.
In response to a question by Congress MP Pradyut Bordoloi, Labour Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar said in a written reply that data on the number of FIRs registered under the Child and Adolescent Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986 was “not maintained centrally”, but information had been received from various States and Union Territories. Seven states and UTs registered a total of 114 FIRs in 2020, it said. Gujarat had reported 56 FIRs under the Act, followed by Rajasthan (19), Punjab (18), Madhya Pradesh (13), Chandigarh (five
Labour Codes may get implemented before April 1: Report
Twenty nine central labour laws have been consolidated into four codes on occupational safety, minimum wages, and social security.
The Minister of State for Labour and Employment (Independent Charge), Santosh Kumar Gangwar (Image Source: PIB)
The four labour codes passed by Parliament in September 2020 may get implemented ahead of April 1 as planned earlier,
The Hindu reported on January 13.
The Industrial Relations Code, 2020, the Code on Social Security, 2020, and the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020, were passed by Parliament in 2020, whereas the Code on Wages was passed during the monsoon session of Parliament in 2019.