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TopicMinimum Wage

Topic: Minimum Wage

Labour codes kick in after 6 yrs: Minimum wage, social security, advance notice for strikes

Four codes related to wages, industrial relations, occupational safety, health & working conditions, and social security, have been operationalised by the Centre.

A payment before end of contract can boost poor worker’s productivity by 13%, study shows

Researchers from UC Berkeley, MIT, Chicago Booth and France conducted a field experiment in Odisha to find that workers carry their mental burdens to work.

Govt sets up expert panel to fix national minimum wage

The group, led by Prof Ajit Mishra, will look into the international best practices on wages and evolve scientific criteria for fixation of minimum wages.

Pre-poll Budget session must pass minimum wage for unorganised labour

Voters who cannot be given jobs can be partly assuaged with better wages.

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Trump’s 28 points for Ukraine add up to a no-go at peace

Two questions are pertinent: Why does the Trump administration keep making the same mistakes on the peace proposal? And what does a hurried peace plan mean on the ground?

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

Tejas fighter aircraft crashes at Dubai Air Show, IAF confirms pilot’s death

This is the second such incident after a Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas had crashed into a hostel on the outskirts of Jaisalmer in March last year.

INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.