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Govt lays out safety protocols for factories in Karnataka

Factories in the state will now have to ensure that there are adequate Covid-19 preventive measures in the workplace for the safety of their employees. In an elaborate set of standard operating procedures (SOPs), the government has now made it mandatory for all factories to establish a Covid task force, which will include safety officers and medical staff, apart from members representing the factory...

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EEPC urges PM Modi to rein in sharp spike in steel prices to help MSMEs

Hyderabad: Engineering Export Promotion Council (EEPC) India, the apex body of engineering exporters, has sought an immediate intervention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to rein in a sharp spike in steel prices and help the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) manufacturing exporters. In a statement on Thursday, EEPC India said the Indian steel makers have raised the prices across different product categories in the backdrop of the restrictions that the government imposed on the imports from China, Vietnam and South Korea. The government imposed duty on imports is in the range of $ 13.07 per tonne to $ 173.1 per tonne...

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Code on Wages lacks clear policy outcome

India is recognised to be one of the first developing countries to have introduced minimum wage policies through the Minimum Wages Act in 1948. Several more Bills and Acts contributed to refining the policies aimed at wage workers. However, due to diverse socio-economic conditions across several states, the implementation process was complicated and led to the existence of 1709 rates in India. The Code on Wages 2019 (Bill No. 184) introduced in the Lok Sabha by the Minister of Labour, Mr. Santosh Gangwar, acts as a ray of hope for the 195 million wage workers in India. The Bill seeks to...

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