Universal provident fund scheme: How PF for gig workers, self-employed could work & why it would be a game-changer

Experts say that if implemented, this could be one of the most significant expansions of India’s social security framework in recent decades. A Universal Provident Fund Scheme that includes workers in the unorganised sector, gig workers and the self-employed is in the works with an aim to provide retirement security to the population. In what…

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CPM distances itself from CPI, says TN political crisis not ‘horse-trading’ | Chennai News

CPI TN secretary M Veerapandian and CPM’s P Shanmugam Chennai: Two days after CPI state secretary M Veerapandian said that “horse-trading was happening in Tamil Nadu”, CPM state secretary P Shanmugam on Wednesday struck a different note, saying the political developments in the state cannot be equated with the defections seen in north Indian states.“BJP…

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