Jharkhand Government fixes the minimum wage rates for workmen
The government of Jharkhand on June 28th 2024, notified the rate of minimum wage to be fixed for the different categories of workmen of any category or class under the Jharkhand Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Rules, 1972.
In absence of any agreed-upon rate of wage for a specific employment of any category or class of workmen, the contractor is obligated to pay the fixed wages on monthly basis.
UGC clarifications regarding Arrear of Post-Doctoral fellowship
UGC has received several representations to extend the last date for claiming pending dues. Stakeholders (HEI’s and Fellows) are requested to claim their pending dues i.e., fellowship/house rent allowance/contingency admissible up to August 2024, by 8th October 2024 on Scholarship Fellowship Management Portal (SFMP).
RBI update on “Measuring Productivity at the Industry Level-The India KLEMS [Capital (K), Labour (L), Energy (E), Material (M) and Services (S)] Database”
The database, which has KLEMS data for an additional year, i.e., 2022-23, is expected to aid the analysis of productivity trends in India at disaggregated industry levels.
