The workers who roll beedis in Bengaluru’s beedi colony are leaving the Employees’ Provident Funds Scheme. Beedi workers would rather not have 10 percent of their salary deducted for the Employees’ Provident Funds Scheme (EPFO). They say that they get paid less than the minimum wage and a 10 percent cut would mean tightening their […]
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Trade unions are gearing up for nationwide protests against the new labour reforms of 2022 in the coming year. Trade Unions will find it harder to go on strikes due to the labour reforms which have led to changes in the original ‘Industrial Disputes Act, 1947’ passed in the parliament on September 22, 2020. “Instead […]
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BMRCL is still awaiting official permission from BBMP to start advertisements around metro stations. Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) is still awaiting official permission from the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP). to start advertising around the metro station premises. An official from Urban Development Departments (UDD) said, “The bye laws of BBMP do not […]
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More than 600 florists at Wilson Garden are facing a loss. The BBMP sealed the shops of the florists and High court of Karnataka directed them to be shut down completely. More than 100 wholesale flower shops at Wilson Garden were asked shut down by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) on Nov 7, 2022 […]
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Beedi workers in Karnataka are receiving less than the minimum wage fixed by the Labour department. The workers of the Beedi Colony in Bengaluru are being paid Rs.160 despite the minimum wage set at Rs. 281.77 by the Ministry of Labour and Employment on March 14, 2018. “I receive Rs. 160 for rolling 1000 beedis […]
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Not all potters are able to register themselves for government schemes and its benefits. Pottery sellers in Pottery Town face difficulties in registering for benefits under Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) schemes. Bangalore’s Pradhan Mantri Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) performance report registered with Khadi and Village Industries Board (KVIB) shows that from April 1, 2022 […]
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Many states across India hold “Global Investors Meet” every few years. However, many of these investments are only on paper and fail to materialize. Less than 40 percent of investments made at previous investor meets like the recent Global Investors Meet in Bengaluru materialize. Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) for investments amounting to Rs. 9.82 lakh […]
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Self- help groups are a priority sector for the Reserve Bank of India, but not for banks under it. Self- help groups still face difficulties in getting loans from banks, despite being classified under priority sector lending. Mariyamma, leader of Amman Shakti Self-help group said, “Banks do not provide Self Help Groups (SHGs) with any […]
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Amul and Mother Dairy increased product prices for the third time in October. Rising milk prices in the country have not affected the sale or consumption of milk and milk products in Bengaluru. “There is no change in the sales record of my store,” says Hemanth V, a Nandini outlet handler in Indiranagar. He added, […]
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Workers’ union says delivery partners are not ‘partners’ but victims of the system. Delivery workers are displeased with the food apps laying out conditions on the number of hours they ought to work and the requirements to fulfill a certain daily quota. Paramanand Yadav, a delivery agent in Bengaluru said that the strict shift hours […]
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