Bharat bandh likely to hit transport, bank services on Wednesday

Ten trade unions to go on strike to protest against changes in labour laws, but government expects minimal impact The 10 unions claim that they have a combined membership of 15 crore workers.......

Strike evokes mixed response; banking, transport services hit

While some states like Kerala and Telangana were badly hit by the strike, the impact was partial in Punjab, Haryana and Maharashtra Image: Women react from inside a police vehicle after their......

How safe is your PF money? 10,932 companies caught defaulting

By region, Thiruvananthapuram leads with 247 defaulters, followed by Kolkata with 173 and Bhubaneswar with 115 The law prescribes 30 days as the limit to pay provident funds, an employee’s......

Inoperative PF accounts to earn interest from April 1

The decision will benefit over nine crore such account holders having total deposit of around Rs 32,000 crore.     Retirement fund body EPFO on Tuesday decided to provide interest on......

EPFO earns negative return on investment in stocks

The Finance Ministry has allowed private provident funds to invest a minimum of 5 per cent and a maximum of 15 per cent in equity and equity related schemes. Retirement fund body EPFO has earned a......