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labour reforms as part of efforts to further improve the ease of doing business and provide social security for the unorganised labour, particularly gig and platform workers, in 2024. Union Labour and Employment Minister Bhupender Yadav told PTI that his ministry will soon launch the «advanced version, namely NCS 2.0, to facilitate better job matching and search facility for jobseekers along with a recommendation engine for skilling by the use of latest technologies and leveraging Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning».

conservation for which it has not just focused on reducing emissions to tackle temperature rise, but are also working towards arresting land degradation, accelerating ecosystem restoration and enriching biodiversity, Environment minister Bhupender Yadav said on Saturday during global climate talks COP28. Delivering a statement at the Mangrove Alliance for Climate Ministerial Meeting during COP28 in Dubai, he talked about the Mangrove Initiative for Shoreline Habitats and Tangible Incomes (MISHTI), unveiled in the 2023-24 budget, focuses on mangrove plantations along coastlines and salt pans.

2024 Lok Sabha elections and for the party, the assembly polls that just ended were a trial run that went as per its plans. The party is scaling up the strategy it employed successfully in the three states — Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh — where tough contests were predicted but the verdicts were one-sided in favour of the BJP. It has already started working on mass-scale worker and voter mobilisation across the country, to be completed before the campaign formally starts for the Lok Sabha polls, according to party insiders.

GDP emission intensity by 33 per cent between 2005 and 2019, achieving the target 11 years in advance, according to a government report. The report also said India's GDP grew at a cumulative annual growth rate of 7 per cent but its emissions rose by only 4 per cent per year during this period, suggesting that the country has been successful in decoupling its economic growth from planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions.

Narendra Modi will attend the World Climate Action Summit in Dubai on December 1, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said in a statement on Sunday. The prime minister will reach the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on November 30, at the invitation of H.H.

Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has initiated the process of crediting interest to provident fund (PF) accounts for the financial year 2022-23, offering an interest rate of 8.15 percent. This marks the highest interest rate on PF accounts in more than four decades. The interest rate set by the EPFO for the financial year 2022-23 represents a notable uptick from the 7.59 percent interest rate provided in the preceding financial year.

World Health Organization. Expressing concern about the expected deterioration in air quality in the coming days due to Diwali and stubble burning in neighbouring states, Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai shot off a letter to Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav urging that only CNG, electric and BS VI-compliant vehicles be permitted in Delhi-NCR. He also requested for an emergency meeting with NCR states to address the issue.

Delhi, NCR Air Pollution LIVE News Updates: Pollution levels in Delhi have remained in the ‘severe plus’ category for the past few days recording AQI in the ‘400’ range at several locations in and around Delhi. On Sunday morning overall average AQI of 410 was recorded, according to the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR).According to data Data from the Central Pollution Control Board showed Delhi's air quality index increased by over 200 points since October 27.

Gopal Rai has urged the Central government to only allow CNG, electric, and BS VI-compliant vehicles in Delhi-NCR to address the issue of vehicular pollution. In a letter to Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav, Rai expressed concerns about the anticipated decline in air quality due to Diwali fireworks and stubble burning in neighbouring states. He called for an emergency meeting with NCR states to address the issue. Starting November 1, the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) directed that only electric, CNG, and BS VI-compliant diesel buses operate between Delhi and cities in Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, and Rajasthan within the National Capital Region (NCR). Rai proposed extending the ban on non-BS VI compliant vehicles throughout the entire NCR.

Delhi AQI News: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai has shared an update on implementing the Odd-Even rule for plying of vehicles in national capital Delhi, as the city suffers a severely poor air quality ahead of winter. Minister Gopal Rai said that they are not deferring the Odd-Even rule as Delhi chokes from intense air pollution.

India got its 54th tiger reserve in Rajasthan's Karauli and Dholpur districts on Tuesday with the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) approving a proposal in this regard. This is Rajasthan's fifth tiger reserve after Ranthambore, Sariska, Mukundra Hills and Ramgarh Vishdhari. «Giant leap for wildlife conservation in Rajasthan.

Bharatiya Janata Party legislators from Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Maharashtra who arrived in Madhya Pradesh two days ago have fanned out in as many Assembly constituencies in the state to firm up the party's prospects for the year-end polls. They were given training on Saturday on what they have to do in the state during their week-long stay and have now begun sending their field reports to the party's central leadership in Delhi on a daily basis, a top BJP leader told on Monday.

Madhya Pradesh elections, BJP MLAs from Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Maharashtra have arrived in Bhopal as part of the ruling party's programme wherein every legislator will be allotted one assembly seat each that they are supposed to visit to take stock of the ground situation, party leaders said. A training session for these Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislators from the four states began in Bhopal on Saturday, a day before they start visiting their allotted assembly seats in the state, where polls will be held by the end of the year.

Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh's Sheopur district since her radio collar stopped working on July 21, was captured on Sunday after a 22-day search operation, officials said. The cheetah, Nirva, was caught at around 10 am in Dhoret range of the Kuno National Park (KNP), after which a health check-up was conducted on her, they said. An intense search for the female feline was on for the last 22 days after her radio collar stopped functioning on July 21, a release issued by the Chief Wildlife Warden of the Madhya Pradesh forest department said. More than 100 field staff, including officers, veterinarians and cheetah trackers were searching for the spotted cat day and night, it said. Besides the team on ground, two drone teams, one dog squad and available elephants were deployed in the search operation. An area of 15-20 square kilometres was being searched, it said. In addition to this, local villagers were informed about Nirva and any information received about the feline from villagers was being checked and verified immediately, the release said. On August 12, information about the cheetah's location was received from the satellite. It gave information about her location on August 11 evening, it stated.

NEW DELHI: During a speech commemorating World Elephant Day, Bhupender Yadav, the union minister of environment, forest, and climate change, as well as labour and employment, voiced support for the incorporation of biodiversity preservation into India's economic progress. This integration, he stated, would be pivotal in maintaining ecological balance and ensuring sustained prosperity. Yadav highlighted India's significant role as the guardian of the world's largest population of wild Asian elephants.

Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has invested a little over ₹2 lakh crore in exchange-traded funds since 2018-19, which accounts for its exposure in equity markets. The minister said out of a total corpus of ₹18.3 lakh crore, the EPFO has invested 8.7% in ETFs and 91.3% in debt instruments including those of Public Account of India. The Minister of State of Labour was speaking in response to a question on investment of EPFO fund.

Unemployment rate across the country fell to 4.1% during 2021-22 from 4.8% in 2019-20, as the economy picked up pace following a slowdown during the pandemic, minister for labour and employment, Bhupender Yadav, said in the Parliament on Thursday. Responding to a question in the Rajya Sabha, Yadav in a written response said that the unemployment rate in the country as well as in rural areas has been declining over the years.

New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday passed the Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bill, which will exempt land within 100 km of the country's border, that is needed for national security projects, small roadside amenities, and public roads leading to habitation, from the purview of the forest conservation laws. It also exempts land up to 10 ha, proposed to be used for constructing security-related infrastructure, or the land proposed to be used for constructing defence-related projects, camps for paramilitary forces, or public utility projects as specified by the central government not exceeding five hectares in left-wing extremism affected area, from conservation laws.

Parliament on Tuesday passed the Biological Diversity (Amendment) Bill, 2023, which entails provisions for sharing benefits of biodiversity commerce with locals and also decriminalises biodiversity offences. The bill, which amends the Biological Diversity Act, 2002, was passed in Rajya Sabha with a voice vote. The Lok Sabha had cleared the legislation on July 25.

BJP is leaving no stone unturned for the upcoming assembly polls in various states as Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP chief JP Nadda are going to monitor the preparations in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh, Rajasthan and Telangana. They are also expected to visit these states every week till the announcement of polls, sources said.

New Delhi: The role of chemical and petrochemicals industry is imperative in government’s commitment to low carbon strategies, said union forest, environment and climate change minister Bhupender Yadav. The government’s long-term low emission development strategy to reach out net zero is multifaceted and includes timebound policies and programme for promotion of clean and renewable energy; enhancement of energy efficiency; development of less carbon-intensive and resilient urban centres, promotion of waste to wealth initiative; adoption of safe, smart and sustainable green transportation network; abetment of pollution and increasing the carbon sink by intensifying efforts of forest and tree cover increase.