Morning Digest | Home Minister Amit Shah tells Lok Sabha that government is ready for discussion on Manipur; government approves 8.15% interest rate for PF deposits, and more

Morning Digest | Home Minister Amit Shah tells Lok Sabha that government is ready for discussion on Manipur; government approves 8.15% interest rate for PF deposits, and more

Home Minister Amit Shah tells Lok Sabha that the government is ready for discussion Union Home Minister Amit Shah told the Lok Sabha on July 24 that the government was ready for a discussion on Manipur on the floor of the House as the country needs to know the truth about the sensitive situation in the State. Union … Read more

Business risk environment worsened in Q1 due to Covid second wave: Rubix

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Risk environment for Indian businesses has worsened in the first quarter of the current fiscal due to restrictions imposed to deal with the second wave of Covid even as things are showing signs of improvement in the second quarter, a study by risk management and monitoring platform Rubix Data Sciences has shown. Rubix analysed the … Read more

EPFO raised demand of Rs 33.97 cr from Sahara Group companies, matter sub-judice: Rameswar Teli

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The Employees Provident Fund Organisation has raised a demand of Rs 33.97 crore from the Sahara Group companies and the matter is now sub-judice, state labour and employment minister Rameswar Teli said in response to a question in the Lok Sabha on Monday. “A demand for an amount of Rs 33, 97, 30,000 has been … Read more

PFRDA logs 23% growth in subscriber base under NPS, Atal Pension Yojana

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Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority of India (PFRDA) has registered 23 per cent growth in its subscriber base under the flagship NPS and APY schemes to over 4.24 crore by end of March 31, 2021, the regulator said on Thursday. The last year was an extremely challenging year because of COVID-19 restrictions, but still … Read more

EPFO subscription may open up for self-employed to expand social security coverage

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New Delhi: India could throw open its key social security scheme — the Employees’ Provident Fund to individuals, a top government official told ET. The move is expected to help the government expand social security coverage to more than 90% of workers not falling under any social security scheme at present. Lawyers, doctors, chartered accountants … Read more