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Why MBBS students on COVID-19 duty dont get minimum wages The Prime Ministers Office had announced a slew of measures, such as postponing NEET-PG exams by at least four months to make a large number of qualified doctors available for pandemic duty, pressing medical interns into service Vidya S | May 6, 2021 | Updated 21:55 IST Himachal Pradesh government announced that fourth and fifth year MBBS students, contractual doctors, and junior and residents will be given an incentive of Rs 3,000 per ...

GI Tagging And Online Platforms Can Trigger A Major Shift In Kashmir Crafts Mehmood Ahmad has finally been appointed as Director Handicrafts. He told Kashmir Life about the challenges that the sector faces and the opportunities which are within rich Mahmood Ahmad Shah (KAS) What are the challenges that Kashmir’s handicraft sector is currently facing? Mehmood Ahmad Shah (MAS): There are immense challenges faced by our handicraft sector. But the skill-set we have is unlike anyone in the ...

Consumed Careers Successive governments have mindlessly “hired” people on an ad-hoc, provisional and temporary basis. They keep the government’s service delivery show going on at almost half of the daily wage guaranteed by law. Merely surviving on a hope that one day their services will be regularised, these more than 60,000 families are dying almost on daily basis. They are at the core of a social crisis, reports Yawar Hussain Mohammad Lateef, a PHE daily-wager, whose brother Faro...

Publications Never lose a debate with a global warming alarmist!   April 5, 2021 In this Research & Commentary, Samantha Fillmore examines a Senate Bill in New Hampshire that would raise the minimum wage. Following the financial roller coaster that was 2020, many state legislatures are beginning sessions reeling from budget deficits due to lost tax revenue courtesy of the coronavirus-related recession. Because of the perilous economic situation, many states are considering quick fixes to addre...

In the post-pandemic world, addressing inequality is key to sustaining growth and well-being COVID-19 in the last one year has once again reminded us of the growing inequalities in India. A recent Pew Research Report shows that India’s middle class may have shrunk by a third due to the novel coronavirus pandemic while the number of poor people earning less than ₹150 per day more than doubled. The Pew report also warned that the situation may actually be worse than estimated because of worse...

April 2, 2021 ISLAMABAD: The government on Thursday made a formal offer to the opposition on the floor of the National Assembly for constitution of a parliamentary committee on electoral reforms. Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Ali Muhammad Khan moved a motion in the House, authorizing the speaker to constitute a parliamentary committee on electoral reforms comprising members from both government and opposition benches. The members from the main opposition parties, including the PM...

April 2, 2021 ISLAMABAD: The government on Thursday made a formal offer to the opposition on the floor of the National Assembly for constitution of a parliamentary committee on electoral reforms. Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Ali Muhammad Khan moved a motion in the House, authorizing the speaker to constitute a parliamentary committee on electoral reforms comprising members from both government and opposition benches. The members from the main opposition parties including the PML...

Bury North MP James Daly raises the point in the House of Commons BURY North MP James Daly has said the Conservative Party is "determined" to put more money into the pockets of lowest-paid workers. 266,000 workers in North West England have received a pay increase this year thanks to increases to the National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage brought in by the Government. The rate rises include a 2.2 per cent increase in the National Living Wage to £8.91, the equivalent of more than ...

By: Times News Service The differences in privileges between public and private sectors have already been reduced, and more efforts are underway. Muscat: To encourage more nationals to enter the private sector, efforts are on to match the minimum wages given to public sector employees with those at private sector, a senior official of Ministry of Labour said. Omanis joining the private sector will find good opportunities for growth, and will learn plenty of skills hands-on that will benefit the...

Representative Image Railways ensures 100 pc compliance of payment of minimum wages to contract workers through Shramik Kalyan Portal ANI | Updated: Mar 11, 2021 15:20 IST Rs 3,49,590 lakh of wage amount and about 6 crores man-days were registered on Indian Railway Shramik Kalyan e-application as on Tuesday, it said. A total of 15,812 contractors and 3,81,831 contract workers also registered on this portal till Tuesday. Indian Railway Shramik Kalyan e-ap...