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EPFO allocates universal a/c number to 41.7 mn members

Move is aimed to ease transfer of provident fund account on switching jobs

National Board for Wildlife to be toothless

Newly constituted panel to have only two non-govt members, against the mandatory 10

UP industrial units 'seriously' polluting Ganga

Coal projects: Environment ministry eases clearance rule

Agrees to coal ministry idea of doing away with individual mine examination and to, instead, consider clusters in the case of Coal India

PF account holders to soon receive universal numbers

Once a UAN is allotted to an employee, he or she need not go through his or her employer to provide details to EPFO, unlike now

Labour ministry to study hiring contract workers at CIL units

Wants to make this category at IGIA permanent employees

PF chief wants policy on inoperative accounts

EPFO had Rs 26,497 crore in "inoperative accounts" as of March 2013

Dirty clusters to grow as pollution index is tweaked

Environment ministry use bureauractic loophole to ease ban after industrial belts showed no improvement

In 50 days, Modi govt gives environment clearance to 5 projects

Green clearance panel should be headed by experts, not bureaucrats: NGT

The bench headed by former judge Swatanter Kumar asked the ministry to clarify the chairperson's eligibility criteria within a month

Gujarat projects to score most at green panel meet

Nine out of total 26 pending projects are from Gujarat - eight of which relate to renewal of salt leases

EPFO begins urgent work to increase salary cap hike

FM had announced in the budget that mployee earning upto Rs 15,000 per month will mandatory maintain an EPF account

Awaiting green nod, Renuka Dam gets Budget allocation

The ambitious Rs 3,600-crore project was aimed at providing 275 million gallons of water to Delhi every day

Somesh Jha: AAP channels focus on Delhi

It is seeking re-elections in the capital soon, as delay will only lead to gains for the Bharatiya Janata Party

River cleaning unit to come under Uma Bharti ministry

This is the first administrative decision by NDA govt after it projected the cleaning of the Ganges as a priority

Correcting data error helps govt report 5,871 sq km forest cover rise

Labouring for flexibility

Rigid labour laws have had serious implications for industry, which now hopes that Rajasthan's initial steps will be replicated in other states

Vasundhara Raje submits labour reforms proposals to Centre

Chief minister conveyes to Union Labour Minister Narendra Singh Tomar that developing skills is key issue in her state

Only a quarter of young girls contribute to economy

In comparison, half the young boys (52%) in 2011 were non-workers against 46.4% a decade ago

Will frame transparent mining system for lease approval, auctions: Narendra Singh Tomar

Interview with Union minister for labour, steel and mining