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Air India unions seek forensic audit of PF trusts
”It has come as a shock to all of us unions, many of whom were not involved or aware of the day to day functioning of the Provident Fund trusts of Indian Airlines and Air India that huge losses have been incurred by both trusts, due to questionable investments in companies like ILFS and Dewan Housing, among others, which collapsed,” the unions said in the e-mail, accessed by PTI.
The Forum claims representation of over 10,000 Air India staff members comprising pilots, engineers, cabin crew and ground staff.
Over 500 children orphaned in India due to second wave of Covid
The central government is constantly monitoring all these orphaned children in coordination with the state governments. For the care and well-being of such orphaned children, Rs 10 lakh has been released to each district across the country, through the Non-Institutional Child Care Fund.
WhatsApp sues India govt, says new media rules mean end to privacy -sources
The lawsuit, described to Reuters by people familiar with it, asks the Delhi High Court to declare that one of the new rules is a violation of privacy rights in India’s constitution since it requires social media companies to identify the “first originator of information” when authorities demand it.
While the law requires WhatsApp to unmask only people credibly accused of wrongdoing, the company says it cannot do that alone in practice. Because messages are end-to-end encrypted, to comply with the law WhatsApp says it would have break encryption for receivers, as well as “originators”, of messages.
SC seeks Centre’s reply on pleas for Rs 4 lakh ex-gratia to kin of those who died of COVID-19
Advocate Gaurav Kumar Bansal, who appeared in-person, said that under section 12(iii) of the Disaster Management Act, 2005, every family whose member died due to disaster is entitled for ex-gratia compensation of Rs 4 lakh.
Bansal said that since COVID-19 has been declared as a disaster and as per the order dated April 8, 2015, every family whose member dies due to disaster is entitled for ex-gratia compensation of Rs 4 lakh
Biden directs US federal agencies to mitigate financial risk from climate
An executive order Biden issued Thursday calls for concrete steps to mitigate climate risks, while protecting workers’ life savings, spurring job creation and helping the United States lower greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change.
New regulations could be issued on the banking, housing and agriculture sectors, among others.
Kozhikode plane crash: Pilot’s family still waiting for compensation
Responding to Dhananjay Sathe’s tweet on Friday, the Ministry of Civil Aviation said on Twitter that the Aviation Secretary has contacted Maharashtra’s Chief Secretary over the issue of employee compensation of late Captain Dipak Sathe.
”The compensation amount was deposited by Air India with Employees Compensation Commissioner Pallakkad, Kerala. It was then transferred to Employees Compensation Commissioner, Bandra on request of your relatives,” the ministry noted.
MHA asks states, UTs to strengthen facilities for vulnerable groups, kids orphaned due to COVID-19
The Centre has asked states and union territories to ”immediately review” the existing facilities for such groups, especially for children who have been orphaned, senior citizens who may require timely assistance and support (medical as well as safety and security), and members of the scheduled castes/scheduled tribes who may need guidance to access government-supported facilities.
Govt asks social media firms to remove contents referring to ‘Indian variant’ of coronavirus
The sources said that a notice has been issued in this regard on Friday by the IT Ministry, which states that a false statement is being circulated online that implies that an ”Indian variant” of coronavirus is spreading across countries.
ITR filing deadline: Government extends FY21 filing for individuals till September 30
In a circular, the CBDT said an extension of time limits is being given for certain tax compliances “to provide relief to taxpayers in view of the severe pandemic”.Also, the deadline for issuing Form 16 by employers to employees has been extended by a month till July 15, 2021, the CBDT said.
At Rs 5.18 tln in FY21, pvt sector investments lowest since FY05: Report
What is more worrying is that the gross fixed capital formation rate has been plunging continuously from 34.3 per cent in FY12 to 28.8 per cent in FY20 and is expected to go down further to 26.7 per cent in FY21, he warns. Again, among all the new investment projects announced until FY17, government-run companies dominated with a share of 58 per cent but even this has been coming down since then it plunged to 32 per cent in FY21 from 49 per cent in FY20, shows the report