EPFO bags award for UAN scheme, improved services

Retirement fund body EPFO has been awarded SKOCH Award for smart governance, initiatives on Universal Account Number Programme and transformation of social security agenda in India.
The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) was also awarded SKOCH Order-of-Merit for launching UAN for EPFO members, a statement said.
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Welspun announces award for people keeping environment green * Welspun Renewables' has instituted 'Green Hero' award to recognise outstanding non-institutional initiatives for environment sustainability.
The winner of this campaign will be jointly awarded by Welspun Renewables Vice Chairman Vineet Mittal and Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar at the 'Global Green Summit (GGS) in New Delhi on October 31, the company said in a statement.

"The Green Hero campaign is looking for individuals who are making their surroundings and in turn the world, greener and healthier. Nominations will be open till the end of the month," it said.

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Photos sharing app launched, can count pictures * Shoto Inc today launched a new photo app that allows users to share photographs privately with their friends.
The company, which is backed by Real Ventures and actor Kunal Nayyar, will make the app available in five languages -- English, Hindi, Spanish, French and Mandarin.
"Shoto tells you how many photos were taken with friends or family members from times spent together and easily lets users share photos and create private or public albums," Shoto Co-Founder and CEO Sachin Dev Duggal told reporters here.

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Cloud-based tax filing portal launched
* IndusNet Technologies and Taxmantra.Com, two Kolkata-based IT companies, have launched a cloud-based tax filing portal Makeyourtax.Com to facilitate income tax filing by individuals and clients of chartered accountants.
"We are launching Country's first cloud-based income tax filing portal developed by a group of software professionals located in Kolkata," CEO of IndusNet Technologies Abhishek Rungta said.
Rungta said there were other tax filing platforms available in the country today but they were desktop applications and not on-line.
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Innovations key to make HR programs more Industry focused:SHRM
* Fighting social stigmas at workplace, talent management and out of the box HR practices are some of the leading human resource trends shaping up globally and innovations are required in India to make our HR programs more Industry focused, experts say.

The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) 4th Annual HR Conference and Exposition 2015 that saw presence of over 1,000 delegates, including HR professionals, corporate leaders, highlighted the HR issues including LGBT, health and wellness at workplace.
"The last two days have seen a series of informative and constructive discussions that have captured the essence of HR in the current scenario," SHRM India CEO Achal Khanna said.