Ministry of Labour & Employment Releases Latest CPI Data
The Ministry of Labour and Employment has unveiled the All-India Consumer Price Index (CPI) figures for agricultural and rural laborers for May 2024, indicating notable increases.
Ensuring Timely Reimbursement for ESI Beneficiaries: A Call for Compliance
In the pursuit of efficient service delivery to Employees’ State Insurance (ESI) beneficiaries, it is crucial to highlight a recurring issue that demands our immediate attention.
Enhanced Healthcare Coverage for Families in Uttarakhand Districts
In a recent development by the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC), significant changes have been announced regarding healthcare provisions in certain districts of Uttarakhand. According to the Director General, under the powers vested by Regulation 95-A of the Employees’ State Insurance (General) Regulations, 1950, commencing April 1, 2024, the medical benefits outlined in Regulation 95-A will encompass the families of insured individuals.
Central government operationalizes Digital Bharat Nidhi
Central Government on 21th June, 2024 has declared the 26th Day of June 2024, as the date on which the provisions governing Digital Bharat Nidhi from the Telecommunications Act, 2023 shall come into force.
TRAI mandates Access Providers to enhance their Mobile Apps and Web portals
TRAI has mandated Access Providers to ensure that options for UCC complaint registration and preference management are easily accessible on Access Providers’ mobile applications and websites. Also, essential details for the registration of complaints should be automatically populated, if users grant permission to access their call logs and other relevant data.
TRAI clarification regarding submission of Performance Monitoring Report to the Authority under the Telecom Commercial Communications Customer Preference Regulations, 2018
TRAI has instructed all Access Providers to submit, along with the compliance reports as per the Performance Monitoring Report formats specified, compliance reports, separately for each calendar month as per the Performance Monitoring Report formats, as a part of Standard Code of Practice for periodic reporting (CoP-Reports), within ten days from the end of each calendar month starting from report for the month of July 2024.
Consultation Paper on ‘The Issues Related to Critical Services in the M2M Sector, and Transfer of Ownership of M2M SIMs’
The comments! counter-comments may be sent, preferably in electronic form to Shri Akhilesh Kumar Trivedi, Advisor (Networks, Spectrum & Licensing), TRAI, at advmn@trai.gov.in.
National level video-conference to assess preparedness of States/UTs in finalization of draft Rules under the four Labour Codes
It was noted that majority of States/UTs have pre-published the rules under the Codes and only few States/UTs are still in the process of framing their draft Rules. The States and UTs were requested to (i) review the draft Rules with respect to framework established by Labour Codes; and (ii) seek support if needed to expedite pre-publication of Rules for the few States/UTs yet to do so.
Employees’ Deposit Linked Insurance (Amendment) Scheme, 2024
The amendment provides that where an employer makes default in the payment of any contribution to the Insurance Fund, or in the payment of any charges payable under any other provisions of the Act or the Scheme, the Central Provident Fund Commissioner or such officer as may be authorized by the Central Government by notification in the Official Gazette in this behalf, may recover damages from the employer at the rate of one percentage of the arrear of contribution per month or part thereof.
EPFO discontinues the Covid-19 advances
These advances shall no longer be provided to any members including exempted trusts with effect from the date of publication of this notification.
