Washington: Employees working for Fortune 500 companies can expect to pay higher employee contributions for their health insurance, according to a survey of chief human resource officers about the impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act conducted by the Darla Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina this past May/June.

New Delhi: The Government has decided that the following facilities available to those account holders who have opened their accounts under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) would also be extended to the existing account holders subject to submission of an application by the account holder(s) to the concerned bank branch:

New Delhi: Union Minister for Rural Development Nitin Gadkari approved 28 rural road projects worth Rs.438 crores for building roads in Leh and Kargil districts in Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna (PMGSY).

New Delhi: India has formally signed the Trade in Services & Trade in Investments Agreement with ASEAN.

New Delhi: The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave its approval for the release of an additional installment of Dearness Allowance (DA) to Central Government employees and Dearness Relief (DR) to pensioners with effect from July 1. (Read in Hindi: केन्द्रीय कर्मचारियों के लिए महंगाई भत्ते की दर में वृद्धि)

New Delhi: The combined Index of Eight Core Industries stands at 163.9 in July, which was 2.7% higher compared to the index of July, 2013.

New Delhi: The Government has decided that while 12 subsidized LPG cylinders per annum will continue to be supplied to all domestic consumers, there will be no separate monthly restriction of one cylinder per month.

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Thursday, declared the beginning of the end of financial untouchability in India, with the opening of an estimated 1.5 crore bank accounts across the country, in an exercise unprecedented in scale in economic history.

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will formally launch Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) on Thursday at a function in the national capital.

New Delhi: Competition Commission of India has imposed a penalty calculated at the rate of 2% of the average turnover of the 14 Car companies amounting to Rs.2544.64 crores in aggregate for violating trade norms in the spare parts market. The penalty is to be deposited within 60 days of receipt of the order.