| Govt to modify NREGA to plug loopholes | 01-JUL-09 |
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| The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), which is believed to have earned political benefits for the Congress in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections, will be modified to plug the loopholes and make the officials more accountable. |
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| Govt panel blasts SEZ policy | 11-MAY-09 |
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| The Special Economic Zones (SEZs) have come in for a sharp criticism from a high-level government panel which said that creation of SEZs not only meant “betting on the strong” but also providing a “special level-playing field” for the mighty companies. |
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| NREGA workers in Mid-Day Meal Scheme: Govt panel | 06-MAY-09 |
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| Employment under the job guarantee plan should be extended beyond 100 days in SC/ST-dominated districts and the beneficiaries under UPA's flagship programme should be involved in projects like Mid-Day Meal Scheme for transforming the rural landscape, a high-level panel has said. |
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| NCEUS may be dissolved | 29-APR-09 |
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| The National Commission for Enterprises in the Unorganised Sector (NCEUS), the nodal body for the tiny and micro units in the unorganised sector formed under the ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises way back in 2004, is expected to be dissolved by this month-end. |
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| Panel moots National Labour Code | 01-FEB-08 |
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| The National Commission for Enterprises in Unorganised Sector (NCEUS) has called for setting up of a National Labour Code to streamline all the labour laws existing in various forms in the country.
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| House panel for single Bill on unorganised sector | 17-OCT-07 |
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| The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Labour , which is considering the Unorganised Workers Social Security Bill, 2007, today ruled out two separate Bills on agricultural and non-agricultural labour |
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| Ministry for one Bill on unorganised sector | 23-AUG-07 |
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| As the reconvened GoM considering the Unorganised Workers Social Security Bill today heard the arguments of the National Commission for Enterprises in Unorganised Sector (NCEUS) for two separate Bills |
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| Minimum wage for informal sector in the works | 05-APR-07 |
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| The 422-million-strong unorganised workforce in the country could enjoy benefits like common minimum wage, fixed work hours and overtime benefits, if the government accepts two draft Bills currently |
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| Social security for unorganised sector | 09-FEB-07 |
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| The National Commission for Enterprises in the Unorganised Sector (NCEUS) has suggested setting up a social security fund for workers in the unorganised sector.
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| Roadside seduction | 02-AUG-06 |
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| Even the most hygiene conscious of us succumb to the temptations of street food now and then. And we do survive it, as do tens of thousands of others who do not have the option of fine-dining in an |
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| Turf war may delay Bill on social security | 23-JUN-06 |
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| The draft Bill on social security for unorganised workers that will make the state responsible for social welfare of 80 per cent of the countrys workforce, is likely to be delayed because of a turf |
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