-The Hindu Bengaluru: Two companies had evinced interest in taking up the air ambulance project in the State, the Minister said. The much-awaited two-wheeler ambulances will hit the streets in the State from Wednesday. Health Minister U.T. Khader, who launched 30 first responder bike ambulances in the city on Tuesday, said his department was working at introducing air ambulances in the State by this year end. Two companies had evinced interest in taking...
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Govt pushes land bill, yet vast swathes of acquired land lie unused
-Hindustan Times New Delhi: The BJP-led NDA government showed great speed in promulgating an ordinance to push through the land acquisition act, but an investigation by HT reveals that thousands of hectares of land acquired by the government is lying unused in several states. Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh top the list of states where land acquired even decades ago has not been industrialised. In the past 50 years, for instance, the...
More »Govt planning to relax laws to allow children below age 14 to work in select family businesses -Chetan Chauhan
-Hindustan Times The government plans to relax child labour laws and allow children below the age of 14 to work in select family enterprises if it doesn't hamper their education, saying it wants to encourage learning at home as it leads to entrepreneurship. A draft provision in the Child Labour Prohibition Act says the prohibition on child labour will not apply if they are helping the family in fields, forests and home-based...
More »Centre urged to regulate tea wages
-The Telegraph New Delhi: The cup that cheers proved to be hotter than expected for the government today as it came under pressure to amend a central act to regularise wages of tea labourers. Congress MP from Assam Pankaj Bora demanded a timeframe within which the government would amend the Plantations Labour Act to ensure protection for tea garden workers. The question came up in the Rajya Sabha when labour and employment minister...
More »Govt for child labour bill in budget session
-PTI Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya says there is a need for a total ban on child labour for children age up to 14 years The government will take up the bill on prohibition of child labour in the upcoming Budget Session of Parliament. The session is to commence on February 23, while the Union Budget 2015-16 will be presented on February 28. "Child protection bill is to be produced in the next session of...
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