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‘Work from home’ part of new service norms

-The Hindu Draft Model Standing Orders are out New Delhi: The Union Labour and Employment Ministry has sought comments and objections on the draft Model Standing Orders, which are the legally-binding documents that govern service conditions of workers, for the service, manufacturing and Mining sectors, a Ministry statement said on Saturday. The Ministry published the drafts on December 31, 2020, inviting comments from stakeholders for 30 days. “Keeping in view the needs of the...

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Modi Govt Tweaks Green Law to Allow Coal Extraction Sans Final Forest Clearance -Ayaskant Das

-Newsclick.in The move is aimed at helping corporate biggies that have recently forayed into the commercial coal Mining sector. New Delhi: In yet another attempt to help corporate biggies that have recently forayed into commercial coal Mining, the Narendra Modi government has tweaked an environmental law to allow extraction of combustible mineral even before obtaining final forest clearance. The Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) of the Union Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change...

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Affected by Land Acquisition, Gujarat Farmers Support Anti-Farm Law Protests -Damayantee Dhar

-Newsclick.in Almost every district in Gujarat has a tale of aggressive land grab where farmers have been fighting for their rights against all odds and now they are resisting the farm laws. Bharat Bhill, a farmer from Talaja taluka of Bhavnagar in Gujarat, was informed by his friends on the evening of December 7 that the police were looking to detain him. This was not the first time Bhill would be detained,...

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Jharkhand: Wages Unpaid for 9 Months, 250 Pakur Forest Workers Move HC

-TheWire.in In spite of having been crippled by a lack of funds to his department, forest range officer Anil Kumar Singh had been paying labourers out of his own pocket. New Delhi: Nearly 250 labourers who worked in a range of the Pakur Forest Division in Jharkhand have filed a public interest litigation in the Jharkhand high court, hoping to be paid wages due for the past nine months, Indian Express has...

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People living near Mining activities at increased risk of diseases, says study -Mayank Aggarwal and Sahana Ghosh

-Mongabay.com * A latest government study has found that Mining activities in the coal-rich Tamnar area of Chhattisgarh have put the local population, mainly tribal people, at an increased risk of acute respiratory diseases and tuberculosis. * The study reveals that in the case of tuberculosis, the disease burden rate in Tamnar is nearly double the national rate and almost triple the rate in the state, highlighting the adverse impact of Mining. *...

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