Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a reduction in the PF contribution of both employee and the employer to 10% each from the prevailing 12% each for all establishment secured by EPFO for the following 3 months. Employees working in the private sector will take more salary home for May, June, and July – as the ...

One of the scariest aspect of the lockdown, imposed to save lives from coronavirus, has been hike in the domestic violence abuses all across the world. Activists believed that with lockdown, which led to shutting of business, losing jobs, increasing work load and income-expenditure anxiety, added to the frustration of the abuser, leaving victims far ...

On Saturday, former Congress president Rahul Gandhi declared that the Narendra Modi government requires delegating powers to the states. He stressed that the coronavirus pandemic should be contained at the district level. He pushed for more noteworthy transparency by Center on the plan to re-open the economy, as the lockdown 3.0 ends on May 17. ...

Liquor (like most of the West) makes India go around too. But a prolonged Corona Virus lockdown across the nation of 1 billion people has led to an unbearably stretched dry spell. Centre has been under immense pressure to open up liquor stores. But this isn’t because people are suffering due to withdrawal. It is ...

As the second phase of Corona lockdown got over, India’s Ministry of External Affairs initiated the process to expatriate thousands of Indian nationals stuck in several countries. The operation named Mission Vande Bharat, one of the largest repatriation missions in recent history, is using Air India flights and naval ships to bring back Indians. The ...

A gas leak at a paper mill in Chhattisgarh that was resuming work after the lockdown has ignited a fear of more industrial accidents. Following the leakage of Styrene gas from the LG Polymers plant in Vishakapatnam, came the news of another gas leak, about 600 km up north in the Tetla village in Chhattisgarh. ...

On 1 May, The number of coronavirus patients in the national capital taking the total number to 35,043 cases and the death toll to 1,147. Delhi’s fight against Covid-19 has seen many highs and lows. Recently Delhi has upped its surveillance measures in containment zones, and screening of all people in these areas will be ...

It has been more than a month since the businesses and industrial activities were stopped in the wake of the nationwide lockdown. Amid the fight against the Coronavirus pandemic, India can witness a phase of economic downturn that it has not seen in decades. Taking cognizance of the situation, the Modi government has been seeking ...

On April 18, India curbed the Foreign direct investments (FDI) regulations to forestall acquisitions of Indian companies or opportunistic takeovers during the economic slowdown. The move was sharply criticized by China on April 20, stating that India’s new FDI rules are a violation of WTO rules and against the free trade norms. The Center revised ...

On Monday, Chief Minister of Kerala, Pinarayi Vijayan, permits the opening of eateries, MSME enterprises, optical sales and repair shops and bus services. The Home Ministry, in a separate letter to Kerala, has firmly objected to its decision and expressed that it’s a dilution of Central Government’s lockdown rules. On Sunday, Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla ...