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Not all allowances exempt from PF: EPFO

However, circular does not clarify which these allowances are

Land Bill to address old land disputes

The new law is all set to be pre-election bonanza for many aggrieved people

Bill allows displaced to buy up to 40% of developed land

Call for special session of Parliament over gang-rape case

The capital has witnessed spontaneous protests with people mostly youths turning out at protest sites in large numbers, similar to what was witnessed in Aug 2011

Land Acquisition Bill might open a Pandora's Box of litigation

A provision in the law is going to impact a large number of people who have been protesting against acquisition of land for decades

Chhattisgarh passes Food Security Act, takes wind out of the sails of Centre

Sreelatha Menon: Street power in villages

Villagers in Karnataka are finding public protests as rewarding as their city counterparts

We are moving ahead with caution: Jairam Ramesh

Interview with Rural development minister

Pilot schemes will identify problems, solutions: K V Thomas

Interview with Union minister for food and public distribution

Will it be easier for India Inc to set up infrastructure projects in 2013?

Large projects don't have a future, says industry Activists welcome consent clause, fear loopholes

Doctors raise alarm over pentavalent vaccine drive

Three deaths in Kerala in three weeks caused the alarm

NAC panel charts rescue plan for small farmers

Calls for allocation of about Rs 3,200 crore during the 12th 5-year plan period for supporting at least a crore such Farmer-Producer Organizations

Sreelatha Menon: Faithfully yours

A survey reveals that charity in India continues to be more biased towards religious places than NGOs

Kejriwal attacks Modi, says he is hand in glove with Cong

Also accused him of silencing dissent by bribing MPs, MLAs of all parties with land, and when the judiciary intervened to stay sale of land given for housing

Sreelatha Menon: Skilling the workforce

The Modular Employable Skills programme promises 1,400 skills to dropouts at no cost

Come home to the Village

EPFO not to accept funds sans workers' names

Move seen as bid to foil diversion of funds by contractors and employers

Cash transfer really a 'game changer'?

Kotkasim villagers say they feel cheated

Sreelatha Menon: Guinea pigs for technology

Cash transfer would be a test for Aadhaar but the poor would pay the price

Sreelatha Menon: The state's clean-up act

The new land Bill may help Jaithari's farmers who lost 2,400 acres to a power plant for a song