From September 2017 till August 2022, a total of 5,81,56,630 new subscribers joined the EPF scheme, data showed.

Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], September 30 (ANI): Union minister of state for labour, employment, petroleum and natural gas Rameshwar Teli inaugurated a CNG facility at Nesapakkam petrol station on Friday.

New Delhi [India], August 24 (ANI): With the aim to create synergy amongst the Centre and state governments on labour issues and matters related to workers' welfare, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the National Conference of Labour Ministers of all States and Union Territories tomorrow via video conferencing.

New Delhi [India], August 23 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the National Conference of labour ministers of all states and union territories on August 25 at 4:30 pm via video conferencing.

Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 23 (ANI): The Site Selection Committee set up to ascertain the suitability of land proposed for construction of the 100-bed ESI facility at Ramagundam in Telangana has flagged several issues in its report stating that it is "not suitable for hospital" and that due consideration should be given for accommodating 100 beds in the existing ESIC land available in the city, sources said.

Kalaburagi (Karnataka) [India], April 22 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Friday announced the setting up of mega textile parks in Kalaburagi and Vijayapura and sought the Centre's assistance in providing infrastructure and other facilities.

New Delhi [India], January 25 (ANI): Nearly 4.9 crore new subscribers joined Employees' Provident Fund (EPF) scheme during September 2017 to November 2021 period, government data showed on Tuesday.

Patna (Bihar) [India], December 26 (ANI): A doctor was arrested for violating the statewide ban on liquor consumption after he consumed alcohol at his residence in Bihar's Patna. He was sent to jail, said a police official.

Bengaluru Nov 29 PTI In a heart-wrenching incident the bodies of two COVID-19 victims who died in July 2020 are rotting in the Employees State Insurance Corporation Hospital mortuary in the city for the past over one year According to hospital sources a 40-year old woman and a man in his early 50s were admitted in the hospital in Rajajinagar with coronavirus in June 2020 and died a few days later in the following month Since then their bodies are kept in the mortuary as the final rites were not performed for unknown reasons In this regard Rajajinagar BJP MLA and former minister S Suresh Kumar has written to Karnataka Labour Minister A Shivaram Hebbar requesting him to get the matter investigated and punish those responsible for the inhuman incident In his letter whose copy he shared with reporters Kumar said that during the first wave of COVID-19 two people died in the ESI Hospital in July 2020 and their bodies are still rotting in the mortuary of the hospital The role of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanaara Palike and the ESI authorities is grave In this regard I request you order a high level probe get the detailed inquiry report and initiate stringent action against those who are responsible for this inhumane act Kumar wrote In his emotionally charged letter Kumar said such incidents should never occur anywhere During the peak of COVID-19 we came across various heart-wrenching incidents but the incident that came to the light in the ESI Hospital is most unfortunate It is the height of irresponsibility and inhuman behaviour Kumar wrote PTI GMS RS GMS SS SS

Bhubneshwar (Odisha) [India], November 6 (ANI): Odisha Government has revised monthly consolidated remuneration for contractual employees including the outsourced personnel working in different departments of the state government. The state finance department issued an official notification in this regard on Saturday.